Burns Steamship Company Explained

Burns Steamship Company
Foundation:	in Los Angeles, United States
Defunct:	1956
Industry:	Shipping
Key People:	Leroy Burns

thumb| SS Caddopeak - Lurline Burns, sister ship SS Point BonitaBurns Steamship Company was a shipping company founded in Los Angeles, California on February 25, 1936 by Leroy Burns. Burns Steamship Company had offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Leroy Burns was in the lumber business in Ohio in 1937, before he moved to San Francisco. In San Francisco he purchased the ship SS Caddopeak , his first ship, he renamed her the Lurline Burns. In 1940 he moved to Los Angeles with headquarters in Beverly Hills, California]. Burns Steamship Company's ship the SS Lurline Burns was taken over for the World War II effort. Burns Steamship Company closed in 1956.^{[1] [2]}

World War II

Burns Steamship Company operated a fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Burns Steamship Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.Burns Steamship Company Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Burns Steamship Company and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Ships

• • Caddopeak renamed Lurline Burns ^[6]
• Palmyra 1,381–ton cargo ship built in 1880. Other names: Genoa, Naples Trieste, Patras, Corfu, and built as Gibraltar.^[7]

thumb|Liberty ship of World War II

• • Victory Ships:
• Calvin Victory ^[8]
• Roswell Victory ^[9]
• Rutgers Victory
  • Liberty ships operated:
• SS Carl E. Ladd
• Queens Victory ^[10]
• Horatio Allen ^[11]
• John L. Stoddard ^[12]

See also

• World War II United States Merchant Navy
• Coast Lines

Notes and References

1. The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams, page 255
2. Web site: Pacific marine review. San Francisco, Calif. : J.S. Hines. Internet Archive.
3. http://www.usmm.org/wsa/operators.html World War II United States Merchant Navy
4. Web site: Sea Lane Vigilantes. www.armed-guard.com.
5. 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 https://www.armed-guard.com/about-ag.html#:~:text=There%20were%20three%20basic%20training,California%3B%20and%20Gulfport%2C%20Mississippi.
6. Web site: SS Lurline - Marine Unit Directory - Together We Served. marines.togetherweserved.com.
7. A History of Greek-Owned Shipping, By Gelina Harlaftis
8. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsC.html mariners C
9. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsR.hhml mariners R
10. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/vicshipsP.html mariners Q
11. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsH.html mariners H
12. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html mariners J