American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc.

American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc.
Company type	Shareholder
Industry	transportation and shipping
Founded	1943 in New York City
Defunct	December 1, 1944
Fate	Separated into two companies
Key people	Jacob L. Alwine; Lucille H. Rogers; A. D. Rissmiller;
Parent	American Range Lines, Inc.; American Liberty Steamship Corporation;

American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. was founded as a joint venture of American Range Lines, Inc. and American Liberty Steamship Corporation of New York City on September 8, 1943. American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. President was Jacob L. Alwine. A. D. Rissmiller was American Liberty Steamship Corporation president. The joint venture to operate was approved by the General Agency Assignment for the War Shipping Administration.

Joint venture

The American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. joint venture terms were valid for the time of the World War II Shipping Administration and General Agency agreement. At the end of the agreement, the joint venture would end. American Range Lines, Inc. was founded in 1936 and did shipping from its office and docks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The American Liberty Steamship Corporation was founded in 1916 with route from New York and Baltimore to Galveston and Houston. The joint venture was founded as each did not have enough assets to charter ships with the War Shipping Administration and the Maritime Commission. With the joint venture American Range Lines, Inc. changed its name to American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. The joint venture did not work out well between the managers of the two companies. American Range Lines, Inc. and American Liberty Steamship Corporation asked the time War Shipping Administration to end the joint venture before the end of the agreement. The War Shipping Administration agreed and the joint venture was terminated on December 1, 1944. The tax and separation issues of the two companies was settled in 1951 in the case of American Range Lines Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue.^[1]^[2]^[3]

World War II

American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II W American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. operated Liberty ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Ships

- World War II operated:
- Liberty Ships:
SS George G. Crawford^[7]
Halton R. Carey ^[8]
Walter Kidde ^[9]
SS Walter M. Christiansen ^[9]
Webb Miller ^[9]
Stephen W. Gambrill ^[10]
Robert S. Lovett ^[11]
John La Farge ^[12]
Joseph I. Kemp ^[13]
Thomas W. Gregory ^[14]
Cecil N. Bean ^[15]
Leo J. Duster ^[16]
- Other:
USS Pemiscot (AK-201) a type C1-M-AV1 cargo ship
- Owned ships
Marsodak, sunk during war on 15 Aug. 1942 as Balladier, built in 1919 by Submarine Boat Company^[17]
Plow City, sunk during war on 22 May 1942, built in 1920 by Submarine Boat ^[18]
Suwied, sunk during war on 8 Jun 1942, built in 1919 by Submarine Boat Corp^[19]
- Managed ship:
SS Colabee was owned by the Colabee Steamship Company, but managed by American Range Lines. Sunk on 3 Mar 1942, built in 1920 by Atlantic Corporation, Portsmouth, New Hampshire^[20]

References

^ "American Range Lines Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 17 T.C. 764 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
^ The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
^ New York Times, June 17, 1947, Page 51
^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.
^ 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]
^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
^ "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsSam". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsR". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsJon". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ www.mariners-l.co.uk, L ships`
^ Uboat, Marsodak
^ Uboat Plow City,
^ Uboat, Suwied
^ ssarkansan.com SS Colabee

[1] "American Range Lines Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 17 T.C. 764 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.

[2] The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams

[3] New York Times, June 17, 1947, Page 51

[NAG1-4] "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.

[NAG-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 [1]

[6] "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.

[7] "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[8] "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[auto-9] "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[10] "LibShipsSam". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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

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

[13] "LibShipsJon". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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

[15] "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[16] www.mariners-l.co.uk, L ships`

[17] Uboat, Marsodak

[18] Uboat Plow City,

[19] Uboat, Suwied

[20] ssarkansan.com SS Colabee

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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 Stevenson^X 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)
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World War II

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