Mystic Steamship Company
US Shipping Company
| Industry | Shipping, Tug towing |
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| Founded | 1854 (1854) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Defunct | 1985 |
Area served | Eastern United States |
Key people | Frederick B Craven, James Lorin Richards, Robert Winsor |
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Mystic Steamship Company, also known a Boston Tow Boat Company was a Boston, Massachusetts shipping company. Named after the Mystic River. The company was founded in 1854 as the T-Wharf Towing Company. Boston Tow Boat Company was an operator of ship salvaging, icebreaker shipping, and a tugboat operator. The other major operation was transporting coal. Mystic Steamship Company operated collier ships and coal barges. Coal was load at Newport News, Virginia and delivery to New York Harbor, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Mystic Steamship Company was also a bulk grain transporter. Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates purchased and ran Mystic Steamship Company. Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates is now Eastern Enterprises.[1][2][3][4] T-Wharf Towing Company merged into the Boston Gas Eastern Enterprises Incorporated, its parent company on June 30, 1917. Boston Gas Eastern Enterprises reformed the shipping lines as the Boston Towboat Company Incorporated. Boston Fuel Transportation Company purchased Boston Towboat Company in 1985. Boston Fuel renamed the company the Boston Towing and Transportation Companies.[5] In 1940, the company became the Mystic Steamship, a Division of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates.
During World War I Mystic Steamship Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Mystic Steamship Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.
Post Mystic Steamship purchased some World War surplus Liberty ships, both tankers and colliers types.[6]
Ships
- Luna, tugboat, a City of Boston Landmark [2]
- Venus, tugboat
- Trojan, tug
- Biwabik, ship
- Brandon, ship
- Admiral Clark, ship
- Brockton, 1908 Steamboat
- Arlington, 1910 Steamboat
Liberty ships
- SS Winchester, ship [7]
- Sewanee Seam [8]
- Sewell Seam [8]
- Beckley Seam [9]
- Pittsburgh Seam [10]
- Jewell Seam [7]
- Jellico Seam [7]
- Mingo Seam [11]
- Roda Seam [12]
World War II
- USS Stephen R. Jones
- SS William A. McKenney[13]
- SS Melrose, collier, Coal cargo 7200 tons, bunkers 800 tons, crew of 3
Liberty ships
See also
External links
Media related to Luna (tugboat, 1930) at Wikimedia Commons- Tugboat Luna Preservation Society
- City of Boston, Landmarks Commission. Tugboat Luna Study Report, 1985
References
- ^ Eastern Enterprise about
- ^ a b "The Luna and Boston Harbor -- Luna Settles Into Her New Home (2)". www.tugboatluna.org.
- ^ "House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: M". www.crwflags.com.
- ^ "Mystic Steamship Company (Boston, Mass.) [WorldCat Identities]".
- ^ "Tugboat Information". www.tugboatinformation.com.
- ^ winchester.us, Mystic Steamship Company
- ^ a b c d "LibShipsJ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "LibShipsSam". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsP". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsR". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "William A. McKenney". uboat.net. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsZ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
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World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
- Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1")
- Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
- T1 tanker
- T2 tanker
- T3 tanker
- Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
- Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate")
- Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank")
- Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer")
- Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier")
- Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport")
- Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship")
- "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
- Type V ("Tugs")
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