Cosmopolitan Shipping Company

Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
Industry	Shipping, Passenger
Founded	1916 in New York City, United States
Defunct	1982
Area served	East Coast, France and South America.
Key people	Granville Conway
Subsidiaries	America-France Line and Southern Cross Line

Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, also called the Cosmopolitan Line, was founded in 1916 in New York City. Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated cargo and passenger service from New York City to Le Havre France and Antwerp. From 1919 to 1939 operated United States Shipping Board ships under a United States contract, called the America-France Line. Later Cosmopolitan Shipping Company also operated the Southern Cross Line that served the east coast of South America.^[1] Southern Cross Line operated cargo ship with some passenger accommodations. ^[2]

In 1939 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the America-France Line contract to Southgate Nelson Corporation. Southgate Nelson Corporation operated the Oriole Line and Hampton Roads-Yankee Line.^[3] In 1939 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the Southern Cross Line to Westfal-Larsen & Company. Westfal-Larsen & Company also operated the Interocean Line and County Line. ^[2]

During World War II Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Cosmopolitan Shipping Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated Liberty ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Cosmopolitan Shipping Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.

Granville Conway (1898–1969) departed the War Shipping Administration to head the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company in 1947.^[4]^[5]

Post war Cosmopolitan Shipping Company chartered Norway ships, rather American. In 1982 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company exited the shipping market. ^[1]

Ships[edit]

Ships:
- Heron's Bridge, T2-SE-A1 tanker^[6]
- Eastern Crag
- Olen, torpedo sank in 1941^[7]
- West Hematite, torpedo sank in 1942 as SS Irish Pine^[8]
- SS West Eldara
- West Arrow, later called SS Black Osprey torpedoed and sunk in 1941
- Schodack, 1919 cargo, later called SS Alcoa Leader^[9]
- Halma, was sunk presumably by a mine off Nova Scotia July 1943^[10]
- Collamer, U-Boat sank in 1942^[11]
- William W. McKee^[12]

Norwegian ships:^[13]
- Heina^[14]
- Lista^[15]
- Ronda^[16]
- Hørda^[17]

World War II ships:
- SS Barren Hill T2 Tanker^[18]^[19]
- SS Horace H. Lurton
- Donald W. Bain^[20]
- Hilary A. Herbert^[21]
- Henry L. Benning^[21]
- Frederick W. Wood^[22]
- Wilson Victory^[23]
- Thomas W. Murray^[24]
- Edward B. Haines^[25]
- Mary Lyon^[26]
- John W. Powell^[27]
- Robert Battey^[28]
SS Junius Smith

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: C". www.crwflags.com.
^ ^a ^b "Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S". www.theshipslist.com.
^ The Log, Volumes 31–33, 1939, page 7
^ "Merchant seamen urged to stay aboard ship". WSA Press Releases. usmm.org. 15 May 1946. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
^ Woolley, John T.; Gerhard Peters (28 February 1947). "Statement by the President on the World's Food Needs". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
^ "Heron's Bridge". www.aukevisser.nl.
^ wrecksite SS Olen
^ wrecksite West Hematite
^ "Schodack 1919 – SS Alcoa Leader".
^ The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence: U–Boat Situations, edited by David Syrett, July 1943
^ wrecksite Collamer
^ "LibShipsZ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "Cosmopolitan Line – A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi". www.timetableimages.com.
^ "M/S Heina – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.
^ "D/S Lista – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.
^ "M/S Ronda – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.
^ "D/S Hørda – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.
^ Institution, Royal National Lifeboat. "The S.S. Barren Hill". lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org.
^ "All Members Ship List". www.armed-guard.com.
^ "LibShipsD". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsF". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "vicshipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsE". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsR". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

External links[edit]

Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II

[auto-1] "House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: C". www.crwflags.com.

[auto2-2] "Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S". www.theshipslist.com.

[3] The Log, Volumes 31–33, 1939, page 7

[4] "Merchant seamen urged to stay aboard ship". WSA Press Releases. usmm.org. 15 May 1946. Retrieved 4 December 2008.

[5] Woolley, John T.; Gerhard Peters (28 February 1947). "Statement by the President on the World's Food Needs". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 3 December 2008.

[6] "Heron's Bridge". www.aukevisser.nl.

[7] wrecksite SS Olen

[8] wrecksite West Hematite

[9] "Schodack 1919 – SS Alcoa Leader".

[10] The Battle of the Atlantic and Signals Intelligence: U–Boat Situations, edited by David Syrett, July 1943

[11] wrecksite Collamer

[12] "LibShipsZ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[13] "Cosmopolitan Line – A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi". www.timetableimages.com.

[14] "M/S Heina – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.

[15] "D/S Lista – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.

[16] "M/S Ronda – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.

[17] "D/S Hørda – Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939–1945". www.warsailors.com.

[18] Institution, Royal National Lifeboat. "The S.S. Barren Hill". lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org.

[19] "All Members Ship List". www.armed-guard.com.

[20] "LibShipsD". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[auto1-21] "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[22] "LibShipsF". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[23] "vicshipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[24] "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[25] "LibShipsE". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[26] "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[27] "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[28] "LibShipsR". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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v t e 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.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
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 Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson 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	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S 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
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A-F G-Je Je-L M-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)
Category List

v t e Victory ships
Lists	List of Victory ships
Subtypes	Haskell-class attack transport 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)
Article Category List See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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