Marine Transport Line Explained

Marine Transport Line
Foundation:	1942
Location:	New York, New York, North Charleston, South Carolina
Successor:	Marine Transport Corporation and Crowley Maritime
Parent:	C.D. Mallory & Company
Area Served:	Cargo Worldwide

Marine Transport Line (MTL) of New York, New York was a commercial steamship service started to support the needs of support charter shipping for the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration during World War 2. During wartime the Marine Transport Line operated Victory ships, and also a few other ships. After the war it moved to operating mostly tanker ships. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Marine Transport Line Inc. made headline news with the sinking of the SS Marine Electric in 1983, an enlarged World War 2 tanker. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

World War II

thumb|right|World War II Victory shipOperated during World War II:

• SS E. Kirby Smith
• SS Harvey Cushing
• SS Adelphi Victory^[9]
• SS Alcedo (freighter sank, torpedoed February 28, 1945)^[10]
• SS Battle Creek Victory
• SS Black River (tanker)
• SS Chapel Hill Victory
• MV Halma (sank hit mine 1942)
• SS Howell E. Jackson
• SS Malchace^[11]
• SS Medina Victory
• SS Panama Victory
• MV Sheherazade (attacked and sank 1942)
• SS Trinidad Victory
• SS Trinity Victory
• SS Wheaton Victory
• SS Winthrop Victory

Korean War

• 16 tankers ^[12]
• USNS Paoli (T-AO-157)

Post War

• Kentucky
• Marine Union
• SS Marine Electric, ex Musgrove Mills, Gulfmills, Jumboized T2-SE-A1 Tanker 1961 (Foundered on 12 February 1983)
• Nagano, Bulk carrier 1963
• Oswego Courage (1973)

Notes and References

1. Web site: House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: M. www.crwflags.com.
2. Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, by Colin Stewart, 1953
3. U.S. Naval Flags and Pennants: Description, Uses and Customs DNC 27, Edition (publisher: place): U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Directorate of Naval Communications. GPO: Washington (United States), 1952
4. Web site: MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC., North Charleston, South Carolina, SC 29405-2424. www.southcarolinabids.us.
5. Web site: Marine Electric: The Wreck that Changed the Coast Guard Forever . Corinne . Zilnicki . 2019-02-11 . maritime-executive.com . 19 June 2019.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20061109120644/http://www.webandwire.com/cold_comfort.htm A firsthand account of the wreck by Bob Cusick, one of the surviving crew members
7. http://www.t2tanker.org Archive of T2 Tankers
8. https://archive.org/details/SsMarineElectricWoohSos Distress radio traffic, 500 kHz from SS Marine Electric, call sign WOOH, SOS as recorded at USCG COMMSTA BOSTON / NMF on February 12, 1983.
9. Web site: vicshipsA. www.mariners-l.co.uk.
10. Web site: Panamanian and Hunduras ships. www.armed-guard.com.
11. Web site: uboat.net. Malchace. 23 February 2022.
12. Seafairs Log, June 26, 1953, page 6