Keystone Shipping Company

Diversified transportation and logistics company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Keystone Shipping Company

R/S RocketShip Keystone Shipping Company ship in 2019

Company type| Private corporation
Founded| 1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Founder| Charles Kurz
Headquarters|

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

United States

Key people

| Donald Kurz, Donald Kurz Jr.
Services| Transportation, Logistics
Website| www.keyship.com

Keystone Shipping Company is an American shipping and transportation company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company operates a fleet of ships for both dry bulk cargo and tankers.

Keystone Shipping Company has a fleet of over 20 ships. The fleet consists of: tankers, dry bulk ships, tugboats, tank barges, and roll-on/roll-off ships. Keystone Shipping Company tanker fleet transports crude oil and other petroleum products to both coasts in the United States.[1]

## History

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### Foundation and early years

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Keystone Shipping Company was founded by Charles Kurz.

Since World War I, the Keystone Shipping Company has been active in the worldwide support of the United States Armed Forces. Keystone Shipping Company is part of the Ready Reserve Fleet program. Before Keystone Shipping Company, Charles Kurz was a shipping agent, commodities trader, and ship owner. Keystone Shipping Company headquarters is in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[2][3][4]

### World War II

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Keystone Shipping Company was a major tanker operator during World War II. Keystone Shipping Company operated a fleet of tankers for the War Shipping Administration. Keystone Shipping Company operated Type T2 tankers and other tankers. Keystone Shipping Company operated for the war a fleet of over 60 tankers. Each Keystone Shipping Company had a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men.

* Charles Kurz became the head of the War Shipping Administration (WSA) during World War II, in addition to operating ships.
* Some ships operated for World War II:
* SS Santee [5]
* Liberty ships:
* Christopher L. Sholes [6]
* Charles A. Wickliffe [7]
* Andrew A. Humpreys [8]
* Henry L. Ellsworth [9]
* Thomas F. Cunningham [10]
* David Holmes
* S.S. Seakay
* T2 Tanker
* Oscar F. Barrett [11]
* Oscar S. Straus [11]
* T2 Tanker
* Bennington [12]
* Bunker Hill [12]

## Key Lakes

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Key Lakes of Duluth, Minnesota is a subsidiary of Keystone Shipping Company operating on the Great Lakes with 20 ships. Key Lakes operated tankers, dry bulk ships, tugboats, tank barges, and roll-on/roll-off ships.[13][14]

## Alaska Tanker Company

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Keystone Shipping Company entered into a partnership with in the Alaska Tanker Company. Alaska Tanker Company founded in 1999. The other partners were: OSG America Operating Company of Tampa, Florida and BP Oil Shipping Company.[15][16][17] Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG), purchased all the shares of Alaska Tanker Company on March 12, 2020, and now is a subsidiary of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. of Tampa.[18] Alaska Tanker Company transport of Alaskan crude oil with four 190,000 tons tankers. Alaska Tanker Company headquarters is in Beaverton, Oregon.[19]

*     * Ships:[20]
* Alaska Explorer
* Alaska Frontier
* Alaska Legend
* Alaska Navigator

## Keystone Shipping Company ships

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*     * Some of Keystone Shipping Company ships:
* MV Cape Kennedy (T-AKR-5083)
* SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
* RS RocketShip primary route is moving rocket parts of ULA Atlas V, Delta IV and Vulcan rockets to Cape Canaveral, Fla. and Vandenberg AFB.
* SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
* MV Cape Knox (T-AKR-5082)
* MV Cape Kennedy (T-AKR-5083)
* USNS Potomac (T-AO-181)
* MV Roger Blough
* Some Past ships
* SS Chancellorsville T2 [21]
* SS Fredericksburg (1958) 1976–2004
* SS Murfreesboro T2 [21]
* SS Perryville T2 [21]
* SS Pueblo T2 [21]
* Birch Coulie [12]
* Oakley Wood [11]
* Henry C. Wallace [9]
* New Zealand Victory [22]
* David Holmes [23]
* Alan Seeger [8]
* Little Big Horn [24]
* Fort Capot River [25]
* MV Sea Isle City
* SS Bridgeton
* USS Saugatuck

## See also

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* World War II United States Merchant Navy

## References

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1. ^ "Keystone Shipping Company in Bala-Gynwyd". Maritime Union.
2. ^ "Home". Keystone Shipping Co.
3. ^ "About". Keystone Shipping Co.
4. ^ maritime.dot.gov US Flag Companies
5. ^ "Escort Carrier Photo Index: USS SANTEE (ACV-29)". NavSource.
6. ^ http://www mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsC.html
7. ^ "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
8. ^ a b "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
9. ^ a b "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
10. ^ "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
11. ^ a b c "LibShipsN". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
12. ^ a b c "T2B". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
13. ^ "Key Lakes, Inc". USW District 1. August 25, 2020.
14. ^ "Capabilities & Fleet". Keystone Shipping Co.
15. ^ America Operating Company
16. ^ opencorporates.com BP Oil Shipping Company
17. ^ OSG America Operating Company
18. ^ aktanker.com background
19. ^ "Alaska Tanker Company". Alaska Tanker Company.
20. ^ "Fleet". Alaska Tanker Company.
21. ^ a b c d "T2C". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
22. ^ "vicshipsN". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
23. ^ "LibShipsD". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
24. ^ "T2J". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
25. ^ "Header1". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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Tug and barge operators|

* Crowley Maritime
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Type T2-SE-A1 tankers

Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company

* Abiqua
* Ackia
* Apache Canyon
* Arickaree
* Ash Hollow
* Autossee
* Beaver Dam
* Beecher Island
* Birch Coolie
* Blue Licks
* Boonesborough
* Buffalo Wallow
* Cahawba
* Callabee
* Camas Meadows
* Canyon Creek
* Cayuse
* Cedar Mills
* Chicaca
* Cottonwood Creek
* Crow Wing
* Evans Creek
* Fort Pitt
* Fort Ridgely
* Fort Robinson
* Four Lakes
* Golden Hill
* Grand River
* Hat Creek
* Honningsvaag
* Horseshoe
* Julesburg
* Kaposia
* Kathio
* Little Big Horn
* Little Butte
* McClellan Creek
* Mobile Bay
* Palo Duro
* Pawnee Rock
* Pine Ridge
* Piqua
* Pit River
* Powder River
* Quemado Lake
* Red Canyon
* Rogue River
* Rosebud
* Sandy Lake
* Sappa Creek
* Sideling Hill
* Skull Bar
* Spirit Lake
* Sweetwater
* The Yakima
* Touchet
* Wagon Box
* Wahoo Swamp
* War Bonnet
* Washita
* White River
* Wolf Mountain
* Wood Lake
* Wyoming Valley

Marinship

* Antelope Hills
* Baldwin Hills
* Buena Vista Hills
* Coalinga Hills
* Elk Hills
* Inglewood Hills
* Kettleman Hills
* Lost Hills
* McKittrick Hills
* Midway Hills
* Montebello Hills
* Newhall Hills
* Potrero Hills
* Rincon Hills
* Signal Hills
* Sunset Hills
* Ventura Hills
* Whittier Hills

Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.

* Allatoona
* Amiens
* Appomattox
* Averysboro
* Ball's Bluff
* Bennington
* Black Jack
* Blackstocks Ford
* Blackwater
* Bloody Marsh
* Boundbrook
* Brandy Station
* Brandywine
* Buena Vista
* Bull Run
* Bunker Hill
* Bushy Run
* Caddo
* Cantigny
* Caribbean
* Carnifax Ferry
* Catawba Ford
* Catham
* Cedar Creek
* Cedar Mountain
* Cerro Gordo
* Chadd's Ford
* Champion's Hill
* Chancellorsville
* Chantilly
* Chapultepec
* Charlestown
* Chateau-Thierry
* Cherry Valley
* Chesapeake Capes
* Chickamauga
* Chrysler's Field
* Churubusco
* Conastoga (MC hull number 350)
* Conastoga (MC hull number 352)
* Contreras
* Corinth
* Corsicana
* Cowpens
* Cross Keys
* Crown Point
* Diamond Island
* Drewry's Bluff
* Edge Hill
* Esso Camden
* Esso Memphis
* Esso New Haven
* Esso Portland
* Esso Roanoke
* Esso Scranton
* Esso Springfield
* Esso Utica
* Eutaw Springs
* Fairfax
* Fisher's Hill
* Five Forks
* Fort Cornwallis
* Fort Cumberland
* Fort Duquesne
* Fort Lee
* Fort Necessity
* Fort Niagara
* Fort Schuyler
* Fort Stanwick
* Fredericksburg
* French Creek
* Frenchtown
* Front Royal
* Gaines Mill
* Germantown
* Gettysburg
* Glorieta
* Great Meadows
* Groveton
* Guilford/Colina
* Hanging Rock
* Harlem Heights
* Harpers Ferry
* Hegra
* Hobkirk's Hill
* Hubbardton
* Jalapa
* James Island
* Karsten Wang
* Kenesaw Mountain
* Kernstown
* Kettle Creek
* Kittanning
* La Mesa
* Lake Erie
* Lake George
* Lone Jack
* Lookout Mountain
* Louisburg
* Lyon's Creek
* Malvern Hill
* Manassas
* Marne
* Mauvilla
* McDowell
* Meuse-Argonne
* Mill Spring
* Missionary Ridge
* Molino del Rey
* Monmouth
* Monocacy
* Moor's Fields
* Murfreesboro
* Musgrove Mills
* New Hope
* New Market
* Newtown
* Opequon
* Paoli
* Perote
* Perryville
* Pine Bluff
* Point Pleasant
* Port Republic
* Port Royal
* Prairie Grove
* Princeton
* Pueblo
* Rich Mountain
* Ridgefield
* Rum River
* Sag Harbor
* Saint Mihiel
* Salmon Falls
* San Antonio
* San Pasqual
* Sandy Creek
* Santiago
* Sedan
* Seven Pines
* Sharpsburg
* Shiloh
* Somme
* South Mountain
* Spottsylvania
* Spring Hill
* Stillwater
* Tampico
* Ticonderoga
* Trenton/Calusa
* Trevilian
* Tullahoma
* Turkey Island
* Valley Forge
* Valverde
* Vera Cruz
* Vicksburg
* Vincennes
* Wauhatchie
* Waxhaws
* White Plains
* Whitehorse
* Williamsburg
* Winchester
* Yellow Tavern

Swan Island Shipyard

* Bandelier
* Battle Mountain
* Battle Rock
* Beacon Rock
* Blacks Hills
* Bladensburg
* Brookfield
* Camp Namanu
* Casa Grande
* Castle Pinckney
* Celilo
* Chaco Canyon
* Chalmette
* Champoeg
* Coquille
* Corvallis
* Coulee Dam
* Crater Lake
* Donner Lake
* Egg Harbor
* El Morro
* Elk Basin
* Fallen Timbers
* Forbes Road
* Fort Charlotte
* Fort Clatsop
* Fort Dearborn
* Fort Donelson
* Fort Erie
* Fort George
* Fort Henry
* Fort Matanzas
* Fort McHenry
* Fort Meigs
* Fort Moultrie
* Fort Stephenson
* Fort Sumter
* Fort Washington
* Fort William
* Fort Winnebago
* Fort Wood
* Gervais
* Glacier Park
* Grand Mesa
* Grand Teton
* Grande Ronde
* Hadley
* Hood River
* Hovenweep
* Idaho Falls
* Jacksonville
* Klamath Falls
* Lack Champlain
* Laurel Hill
* Lundy's Lane
* Meacham
* Mechanicsville
* Mesa Verde
* Montezuma Castle
* Nehalem
* New London
* Newberg
* Nickajack Trail
* Northfield
* Ochoco
* Oregon Trail
* Owyhee
* Pendleton
* Pequot Hill
* Pilot Butte
* Pioneer Valley
* Pipe Spring
* Plattsburg
* Pulpit Rock
* Quebec
* Queenstown Heights
* Rainier
* River Raisin
* Sackett's Harbor
* Schenectady
* Scotts Bluff
* Shawnee Trail
* Silverpeak
* Smoky Hill
* Stony Creek
* Stony Point
* Swan Island
* Table Rock
* The Dalles
* Tillamook
* Tonto
* Trailblazer
* Tumacacori
* Tuolumne Meadows
* Umatilla
* Verendrye
* W.L.R. Emmet
* Wallowa
* Warrior Point
* White Oak
* Wolf Creek
* Yamhill
* York

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Type T2-SE-A2 tanker

* Barren Hill
* Bear Paw
* Bemis Heights
* Briar Creek
* Camp Defiance
* Chatterton Hill
* El Caney
* Escambia
* Fort Bridger
* Fort Fetterman
* Fort Laramie
* Fort Stevens
* Kennebago
* Lackawapan
* Mascoma
* Mission Alamo
* Mission Buenaventura
* Mission Capistrano
* Mission Carmel
* Mission De Pala
* Mission Dolores
* Mission Loreto
* Mission Los Angeles I
* Mission Los Angeles II
* Mission Purisima
* Mission San Antonio
* Mission San Carlos
* Mission San Diego
* Mission San Fernando
* Mission San Francisco I
* Mission San Francisco II
* Mission San Gabriel
* Mission San Jose
* Mission San Juan
* Mission San Lorenzo
* Mission San Luis Obispo
* Mission San Luis Rey
* Mission San Miguel
* Mission San Rafael
* Mission San Xavier
* Mission Santa Ana I
* Mission Santa Ana II
* Mission Santa Barbara
* Mission Santa Clara
* Mission Santa Cruz
* Mission Santa Maria
* Mission Santa Ynez
* Mission Solano
* Mission Soledad
* Nordahl Grieg
* North Point
* Ocklawaha
* Pamanset
* Paulus Hook
* Platte Bridge
* Pocket Canyon
* Ponaganset
* Quaker Hill
* Red Bank
* San Juan Hill
* Sebec
* The Cabins
* The Cottonwoods
* Tomahawk
* Tule Canyon
* White Bird Canyon
* Wilson's Creek

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Type T2-SE-A3 tankers

* Cohocton
* Concho
* Conecuh
* Contoocook

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United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers|

* Lexington
* RangerS
* Yorktown
* WaspS
* Essex
* MidwayC

Light aircraft carriers|

* Independence
* SaipanC

Escort carriers|

* Long Island
* Charger
* Bogue
* Sangamon
* Casablanca
* Commencement Bay

Battleships|

* Wyoming
* New York
* Nevada
* Pennsylvania
* New Mexico
* Tennessee
* Colorado
* North Carolina
* South Dakota
* Iowa
* MontanaX

Large cruisers|

* Alaska

Heavy cruisers|

* Pensacola
* Northampton
* Portland
* New Orleans
* WichitaS
* Baltimore
* Oregon CityC
* Des MoinesC

Light cruisers|

* Omaha
* Brooklyn
* Atlanta
* Cleveland
* FargoC
* JuneauC
* WorcesterC
* CL-154X

Gunboats|

* Dubuque
* SacramentoS
* Asheville
* PlymouthS
* WilliamsburgS
* St. AugustineS
* VixenS
* Erie
* PGM-1
* PGM-9

Destroyers|

* Sampson
* Caldwell
* Wickes
* Clemson
* Farragut
* Porter
* Mahan
* Gridley
* Bagley
* Somers
* Benham
* Sims
* Benson
* StevensonX
* Gleaves
* Fletcher
* Allen M. Sumner
* Robert H. Smith
* Gearing

Destroyer escorts|

* Evarts
* Buckley
* Cannon
* Edsall
* Rudderow
* John C. Butler

Patrol frigates|

* Asheville
* Tacoma

Patrol boats|

* Action
* PT boat

Minelayers|

* OglalaS
* WassucS
* MonadnockS
* MiantonomahS
* TerrorS
* KeokukS
* SalemS
* WeehawkenS
* Camanche
* Chimo

Minesweepers|

* Lapwing
* Raven
* Auk
* EagleS
* Hawk
* Admirable

Submarines|

* O
* R
* S
* Barracuda
* ArgonautS
* Narwhal
* DolphinS
* Cachalot
* Porpoise
* Salmon
* Sargo
* Tambor
* Mackerel
* Gato
* Balao
* Tench

Tankers|

* T1 tanker
* T2 tanker
* T3 tanker

Cargo ships|

* Liberty
* Victory
* Haskell
* Andromeda
* Arcturus
* Artemis
* Tolland
* Alstede
* Aldebaran
* Adria
* Acubens
* Arctic
* Denebola
* Hyades
* Mizar

Auxiliary ships|

* Ammunition
* Floating drydock
* Repair dock
* Barracks
* Collier
* Combat stores
* Destroyer tender
* Depot
* High-speed transport
* Hospital
* Ice cream barge
* Net laying
* Motor torpedo boat tender
* Reefer
* Oiler
* Repair
* Seaplane tender
* Submarine tender
* Underway replenishment

Completed after the war

Single ship of class

Cancelled

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World War II Maritime Commission ship designs

Cargo designs|

* Type C1
* Type C2
* Type C3
* Type C4
* Type C5
* (Type C6)
* (Type C7)
* (Type C8)
* (Type C9)
* Type N3

Emergency cargo|

* Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1")
* Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")

Tanker|

* T1 tanker
* T2 tanker
* T3 tanker
* Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")

Special-purpose|

* 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"

Miscellaneous-cargo|

* Type L6 ("Lakers")
* Type N ("Coastal Cargo")
* Type P1 ("Passenger")
* Type P2 ("Passenger")
* Type R ("Refrigerated")
* Type B ("Barge")

Tugs|

* Type V ("Tugs")

See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.
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