Olympic Steamship Company

Former US Shipping Company

Olympic Steamship CompanyIndustry| Transportation, shipping, warehouse, and distribution

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Founded| 1925 (1925) in Seattle, Washington

Key people

* John Ambler
* Charles A. Wallace
* William W. Shorthill
* Joseph L. Carman, Jr.
* Ernest Clayton
* Ernest C. Bentzen

Subsidiaries| Salmon Terminals
Website| https://salmonterminals.com
Victory ship

Olympic Steamship Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, on August 22, 1925, by John Ambler, Charles A. Wallace, and William W. Shorthill. The Olympic Steamship Company had routes that served the Pacific Northwest. The Olympic Steamship Company had a fleet of about 4 ships. The Olympic Steamship Company was named after The Olympic Mountains in the state of Washington. John Ambler was an attorney, and Charles A. Wallace previously worked at Fisher Flouring Mills Company. William W. Shorthill was a clerk at The Pacific Steamship Company. After the start of the company, Joseph L. Carman Jr., became vice president. Carman was previously president of Alaska Washington Airways. Olympic Steamship Company's first ship was an acquired 5,335-tonne tanker named the SS Dayton. Olympic Steamship Company renamed the Dayton the SS Olympic. The SS Olympic was built in 1907 as the Harport in South Shields, England. In 1936, Olympic Steamship Company entered into a joint venture with James Griffiths & Sons, Inc., as the Consolidated Olympic Company. The Consolidated Olympic Company offered a Long Beach, California, Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington, route on the Consolidated Olympic Line. The Consolidated Olympic Line was later renamed the Olympic-Griffiths Line. The Olympic-Griffiths Line acquired the 7,216-tonne cargo ship SS Olympic Pioneer, which was used on Pacific Northwest lumber and newsprint routes. The SS Olympic Pioneer also made two long voyages on the world trade route. The SS Olympic Pioneer then moved to a route from Puget Sound to Japan, moving US Army supplies. Olympic-Griffiths Line chartered ships for the other routes on the line. Ernest Clayton became president of the firm in 1940. Ernest Clayton previously worked for the McCormick Steamship Company. The Olympic Steamship Company was active in supporting the World War II effort.[1][2][3]

## Salmon Terminals

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Salmon Terminals was founded in 1929 as a cooperative warehouse that canned and labelled salmon. The Puckett Company, founded by Jim and Roy Puckett in 1915, provided the labelling for the canned salmon in Puget sound's many canneries. In 1929, 17 Alaska canneries founded the Salmon Terminals cooperative in the Puget Sound to unload, warehouse, can, label, and distribute canned salmon. The Puckett Company continued to provide the labelling service to Salmon Terminals until 1973. Salmon Terminals was sold to the Olympic Steamship Company in 1966. In 1966, Salmon Terminals operated from a warehouse in West Seattle, next to Pier 5. In 1983, the warehouse moved from West Seattle to Kent, WA. Olympic Steamship Company's Salmon Terminals division was sold on July 1, 1987, and the new owner founded the firm, Salmon Terminals, Inc., and moved to a new headquarters in Kent. In 2006, Salmon Terminals moved to a new warehouse outside of Auburn, Washington. Salmon Terminals is now a general logistics, shipping, distribution, warehouse, and contract packaging firm.[4]

## World War II

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The Olympic Steamship Company's fleet of ships was used to help the World War II effort. During World War II, the Olympic Steamship Company operated merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II, Olympic Steamship Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Olympic Steamship Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Olympic Steamship Company crew, and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.[5][6][7]

## Ships

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A Victory ship of World War II Liberty ship of World War II

*     * Ships:
* SS Olympic, built as Harport in 1907, owned from 1925 to 1940. Sank Jan. 22, 1942.[8]
* SS Olympic Pioneer, was Liberty ship SS James A. Drain, built in 1944, owned from 1947 to 1962.[9][10]
* Ships operated by Olympic Steamship Company:
* World War II Victory ships:
* SS Knox Victory[11]
* SS Yale Victory[12]
* Clarksburg Victory [13]
* World War II Liberty ships:
* SS Seton Hall Victory [14]
* SS Carl G. Barth [15]
* SS Mesa Victory [16]
* SS Samuel L. Cobb [17]
* Other
* Trio, tanker ship
* Korean War ship:
* SS Ethiopia Victory
* Vietnam War ship:
* SS Ocala Victory [18]

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships and Victory ships.

* World War II United States Merchant Navy

## References

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1. ^ [The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
2. ^ "Seattle Historical Sites Search Result - Department of Neighborhoods (DON)". web6.seattle.gov.
3. ^ "Olympic Steamship Co Inc on YourStorageFinder". YourStorageFinder.
4. ^ "About Us – Salmon Terminals Inc".
5. ^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 2000-01-18. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
6. ^ World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [1] Archived 2022-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
8. ^ "Olympic (Panamanian Steam tanker) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net.
9. ^ "OLYMPIC PIONEER (Liberty ship)". tacomalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org.
10. ^ SS Olympic Pioneer, photo
11. ^ "vicshipsK". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
12. ^ "vicshipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
13. ^ "vicshipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
14. ^ "vicshipS". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
15. ^ "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
16. ^ "vicshipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
17. ^ "LibShipsS". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
18. ^ "vicshipsN". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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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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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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Liberty ships

Lists|

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* Ja-Je
* J. F-J. W
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S-Z

Subtypes|

* Acubens-class general stores issue ship
* Armadillo class tanker
* Crater-class cargo ship
* Guardian-class radar picket ship
* List of Subtypes

Survivors|

* SS John W. Brown
* SS Jeremiah O'Brien
* SS Arthur M. Huddell
* SS Albert M. Boe

Other|

* Liberty Fleet Day
* Port Chicago disaster
* Project Liberty Ship

See also|

* Park ship (Canadian equivalent)
* Fort ship (British equivalent)
* Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor)
* Victory ship (American follow-on)
* Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport)

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* List

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Victory ships

Lists|

* List of Victory ships

Subtypes|

* Haskell-class attack transport
* Boulder Victory-class cargo ship
* Greenville Victory-class cargo ship
* Kingsport-class telemetry ship
* Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship
* List of Subtypes

Museum ships|

* SS American Victory
* SS Lane Victory
* SS Red Oak Victory

Other|

* Port Chicago disaster
* Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory
* SS Columbia Eagle incident

Sunk in action|

* SS Canada Victory
* SS Hobbs Victory
* SS Logan Victory

Damaged in action|

* SS Bozeman Victory
* SS Brown Victory
* SS Bucknell Victory
* USS Colbert
* SS Elmira Victory
* USS Hinsdale
* USS La Grange
* SS Minot Victory
* SS Oshkosh Victory
* SS Pratt Victory
* SS Swarthmore Victory
* USS Telfair
* SS United Victory

Sunk in service|

* SS Clarksdale Victory
* SS Drexel Victory
* SS Escanaba Victory
* SS Georgetown Victory
* SS Luray Victory
* SS Middlebury Victory
* SS Northeastern Victory
* SS Park Victory
* SS Quinault Victory

Damaged in service|

* SS Attleboro Victory
* SS Baton Rouge Victory
* SS Baylor Victory
* SS Colombia Victory
* SS Berea Victory
* SS Cuba Victory
* SS Enid Victory
* SS Frontenac Victory
* SS Morgantown Victory
* SS St. Lawrence Victory

Sank in private use|

* SS Alamo Victory
* SS Augustana Victory
* SS Brainerd Victory
* SS Cody Victory
* SS Hagerstown Victory
* SS Lewiston Victory
* SS Lincoln Victory
* SS Luxembourg Victory
* SS India Victory
* SS New Bern Victory
* SS Mandan Victory
* SS Philippines Victory
* SS Rushville Victory
* SS Rutland Victory
* SS Skagway Victory
* SS Smith Victory
* SS St. Albans Victory
* SS Tufts Victory
* SS U.S.S.R. Victory

Seagoing cowboys ships|

* SS Adrian Victory
* SS Attleboro Victory
* SS Battle Creek Victory
* SS Beloit Victory
* SS Blue Island Victory
* SS Boulder Victory
* SS Bucknell Victory
* SS Calvin Victory
* SS Carroll Victory
* SS Cedar Rapids Victory
* SS Clarksville Victory
* SS Creighton Victory
* SS DePauw Victory
* SS Earlham Victory
* SS Flagstaff Victory
* SS Frontenac Victory
* SS Gainesville Victory
* SS Harvard Victory
* SS Hattiesburg Victory
* SS Jefferson City Victory
* SS Lahaina Victory
* SS Lanaina Victory
* SS Lindenwood Victory
* SS Mercer Victory
* SS Moline Victory
* SS Morgantown Victory
* SS Norwalk Victory
* SS Occidental Victory
* SS Ouachita Victory
* SS Park Victory
* SS Pass Christian Victory
* SS Pierre Victory
* SS Plymouth Victory
* SS Queens Victory
* SS Rock Hill Victory
* SS Rockland Victory
* SS Roswell Victory
* SS Saginaw Victory
* SS Santa ClaraVictory
* SS South Bend Victory
* SS Spartanburg Victory
* SS Villanova Victory
* SS Virginia City Victory
* SS Wesleyan Victory
* SS Woodstock Victory
* SS Yugoslavia Victory

See also|

* Liberty ship (predecessor)

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