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| L. H. McNelly | 17 | 07 | 10.43 | 1943 WSA (Parry Navigation Co, NY)
1946 ZEEMAN, Netherlands Gov't. 1947 Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, Rotterdam. 1950 TROMPENBERG, Stoomb.Maats Hillegersberg - Netherlands flag (Vinke & Co, Amsterdam. 1959 SANTA FE, Santa Fe Naviera - Liberian flag (Amerind Shpg.Corp, NY) rebuilt to 8,327 g.t. 1961 Cia.Naviera Santa Fe Ltda, Santiago - Chilean flag 13.8.67 Posted missing after storm, Straits of Magellan. Last reported sighting at 44.40S 75.00W |
| La Salle Seam | 04 | 11 | 3.45 | Collier
1945 WSA (Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo, NY) 1946 Marine Interests Corp, Jersey City, NY.- US flag 1947 MARINE TRADER, same owners. 1952 Marine Navigation Co.- US flag. 1962 (Marine Transport Lines, NY) 1967 Returned to US Gov't. 1968 Scrapped Santander. |
| Lafcadio Hearn | 04 | 08 | 9.43 | Tanker
1943 WSA (Tankers Co.Inc, NY) 1948 POLARUSOIL, Polarus SS Co, NY- US flag 1955 MYCENAE, Marathon Cia.de Vapores, Panama - Liberian flag (Admanthos Ship Operating Co, NY) 1955 Converted to 7,314 g.t. dry cargo ship. 1956 Rebuilt to 8,588 g.t. 1960 HYDROUSSA, same owner - Greek flag. 1960 (Syros Shpg.Co, London) 1964 DROMON, same owners. 1966 MYCENAE, same owners- Liberian flag (Pergamos Shipping Co, London) 1969 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lambert Cadwalader | 17 | 08 | 11.42 | 1960 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Langdon Cheves | 16 | 08 | 6.43 | 1961 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Laura Bridgman | 05 | 08 | 11.44 | 1944 WSA (Pope & Talbot Inc, San Francisco)
1950 Laid up 1951 CATHERINE, Drytrans Inc, NY - US flag. 1957 PENN EXPLORER, Bulkcargo Shpg.Corp.- Liberian flag. (Penn Shpg.Co, NY) - US flag. 1958 Penntrans Co.- US flag (same managers) 1962 GRAND EXPLORER, Friendship Nav.Corp.- Liberian flag (Sea King Corp, NY) 1967 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Laura Drake Gill | 17 | 11 | 7.44 | 1944 WSA (T. J. Stevenson & Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco) 1946 Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco- US flag 1947 HAWAIIAN LUMBERMAN, same owner 1960 CAPE HENRY, Northern SS Co, NY- US flag 1962 TRIKERI, Artemison SS Co, Panama- Greek flag (Northern Ships Agency, NY) 1962 Liberian flag. 1965 DAHLIA, Kelly Shipping Corp.- Liberian flag (Kai Lee Marine Lines, Taipei) 1966 Scrapped Taiwan |
| Laura Keene | 07 | 14 | 2.43 | Laid up James River
1973 Scrapped Bilbao |
| Laurence J. Gallagher | 04 | 11 | 5.45 | 1945 WSA (Norton Lilly Management Co, NY)
1947 Laid up James River. 1951 NIGEL, Firth SS Corp, NY- US flag. 1958 RUSSELL L, Long, Quinn & Boylen Co, NY- US flag. 1961 Amerind Shipping Corp, NY- US flag. 1962 Earl J. Smith & Co, NY- US flag. 1965 U.S. RED RIVER, U.S.Bulk Carriers Inc.- US flag 1966 Laid up Hong Kong 1966 Scrapped Taiwan |
| Lawrence D. Tyson | 11 | 08 | 7.43 | Laid up James River
1971 Scrapped Bilbao |
| Lawrence Gianella | 13 | 18 | 12.43 | 1943 WSA (Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco)
1947 MARY G, Cia.Caribbean de Transports Maritima, Panama - Panamanian flag. 1948 JALAKALA, Scindia S.N.Co, Bombay - British flag (Narottam Morarjee, Bombay) 1957 Indian flag. 1960 CHIPBEE, China Pacific Nav.Co, Hong Kong - British flag. 1964 STANWOOD, Woodline Inc.- Liberian flag (Atlas SS Agency, San Francisco) 1964 Scrapped Osaka. |
| Lawrence J. Brengle | 02 | 08 | 4.44 | 1944 WSA (Blidberg Rothchild Co, NY)
1947 ARA J. PONCHELET, Ponchelet Marine Corp, NY- US flag. 1948 MICHAEL J. GOULANDRIS, Stone SS Co.- US flag. (Orion Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY) 1953 MICHAEL G, Nueva Cordoba Cia.de Arm, Panamanian flag (same managers) 1961 Dominion Shpg.Corp.- Greek flag (same managers) 1963 MICHELIN, Cia.Nav.Continental, Panama - Liberian flag. (Ocean Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY) 1965 TAI NAN, Taiwan Navigation Co, Taipei- Nationalist Chinese flag. 1965 Taiwan flag. 1967 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lawrence T. Sullivan | 09 | 19 | 4.45 | See BELGIAN AMITY |
| Lawton B. Evans | 01 | 01 | 1.43 | 1960 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Le Baron Russell Briggs | 06 | 10 | 5.44 | Laid up Hudson River
1970 Scuttled off Cape Kennedy with cargo of nerve gas. |
| Lee S. Overman | 11 | 08 | 6.43 | 1943 WSA (Blidberg Rothchild & Co, NY)
12.11.44 Mined and sunk off Le Havre, France. |
| Leif Ericson | 04 | 10 | 12.43 | Tanker
1943 PORCUPINE (IX126), US Navy 30.12.44 Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze air attack off Mindoro, Philippines. |
| Leiv Ericson | 11 | 07 | 1.43 | Built as JOHN WRIGHT STANLEY
1943 WSA (Barber SS Line & American West Africa Line, NY) 1943 Lease lend toNorwegian Gov't. 1947 VINNI, Skibs-A/S Eidsiva, Oslo - Norwegian flag (Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen & Co, Oslo) 1954 PROBITAS, Adriatico Tirreno Jonio Ligure di Alberto Ravano & Figli, Genoa - Italian flag. 1965 Industria Armamento, Genoa - Italian flag. 1969 Scrapped Vado, Italy. |
| Leif M. Olsen | 10 | 08 | 4.45 | Laid up Mobile
1971 Scrapped Panama City |
| Lektor Garbo | 17 | 11 | 2.45 | See ALFRED L. BAXLEY |
| Leland Stanford | 03 | 08 | 8.42 | 1967 Scrapped Oakland, Cal. |
| Leningrad | 12 | 10 | 4.43 | Launched as GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, completed as LENINGRAD,
U.S.S.R. flag
1964 IVAN KULIBIN, U.S.S.R. flag. 1974 reported scrapped Vladivostok. |
| Leo J. Duster | 02 | 08 | 12.43 | 1943 WSA (Standard Fruit & SS Co, New Orleans)
1946 WSA (American Liberty SS Co, NY) 1947 F. S. BELL, Weyerhaeuser SS Co, Newark, NJ.- US flag. 1963 BAT, Cargo Ships & Tankers Inc, NY- US flag 1966 DELURO, Deluro SS Inc.- Liberian flag (Apollo Shipping Inc, NY) 1969 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Leon Godchaux | 04 | 10 | 2.44 | 1944 WILDCAT (IX130) US Navy
1944 WILDCAT (AW2) US Navy 1946 WSA 1968 Scrapped Portland, Ore. |
| Leon S. Merrill | 09 | 19 | 2.45 | 1965 Stern portion scrapped New Orleans, bow portion converted to derrick barge. |
| Leonardo L. Romero | 17 | 11 | 2.45 | 1945 WSA (Polarus SS Co, NY)
1949 Laid up. 1951 CHIAN TRADER, Arc SS Corp.- US flag (Mar-Trade Corp, NY) 1957 COAL MINER, American Coal Shpg.Inc, NY- US flag. 1960 PETER BLIX, Blix SS Co- US flag (Cargo Ships & Tankers Inc, NY) 1961 Rebuilt to 8,539 g.t. 1961 METEOR, same owner - Liberian flag. 1969 ASITRES, Kentfield Shpg.Corp.- US flag (Asia Bulk Carriers, London) 1970 Scrapped Chittagong, Pakistan. |
| Leonidas Merritt | 13 | 11 | 7.43 | 1943 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
1970 Scrapped Kearny, NJ. |
| Leonidas Polk | 04 | 02 | 1.43 | 1965 Scrapped New Orleans |
| Leopold Damrosch | 03 | 11 | 12.43 | 1961 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Leslie M. Shaw | 14 | 11 | 12.42 | 1961 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Lesuth | 03 | 11 | 4.43 | See WILLIAM M. GWIN |
| Lesvos | 10 | 08 | 5.45 | Launched as CHARLES H. SHAW, completed 1945 as LESVOS,
lease lend to Greek Gov't.
1946 MEANDROS, Livanos Maritime Co.- Greek flag 1962 ALFIOS, same owner. 1964 ATLANTIC SAILOR, Atlantic Freighters Ltd.- Greek flag (S. Livanos, London) 1967 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Levi Woodbury | 02 | 19 | 4.43 | 1964 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lew Wallace | 13 | 08 | 9.42 | 1970 Scrapped Portland, Ore. |
| Lewis Cass | 03 | 11 | 1.43 | 1943 WSA (Waterman SS Co, Mobile)
26.1.43 Ashore and wrecked Guadalupe Island, Mexico |
| Lewis Emery Jr. | 02 | 08 | 11.43 | 1943 WSA (Merchants & Miners Transportation Co, Baltimore)
Laid up Wilmington. 1951 Victory Carriers Inc, NY.- US flag. 1957 Alex S. Onassis Corp.- Liberian flag (Victory Carriers Inc, NY) 1961 CATCHER, Edina Transportation Co.- Liberian flag (Olympic Maritime S.A, Monte Carlo) 1968 Scrapped Bilbao. |
| Lewis L. Dyche | 12 | 10 | 12.43 | 1943 WSA (Interocean SS Corp, San Francisco)
4.1.45 Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft attack at Mindoro, Philippines. |
| Lewis Morris | 14 | 11 | 6.42 | 1961 Scrapped Oakland, Cal. |
| Leyte | 02 | 08 | 2.44 | 1944 LEYTE (ARG8), US Navy
1945 MAUI (ARG8), US Navy 1946 laid up San Diego, later Suisun Bay. 1972 Scrapped Richmond, Cal. |
| Liguria | 09 | 17 | 11.44 | 1944 LIGURIA (AKS15), US Navy
1946 laid up Pearl Harbor 1947 USMC laid up Suisun Bay 1974 Scrapped South Korea. |
| Lilian Wald | 14 | 10 | 1.44 | 1944 WSA (Weyerhaeuser SS Co, NY)
1947 GIORGIO, Enrico Insom, Rome - Italian flag 1960 DORCOL, Slobodna Plovidba, Sibenik - Yugoslav flag. 1970 Scrapped Split. |
| Lillian Nordica | 10 | 09 | 3.44 | 1965 Scrapped Wilmington, NC. |
| Lincoln Steffens | 03 | 11 | 12.42 | Laid up James River
1971 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lindley M. Garrison | 12 | 14 | 1.43 | 1961 Scrapped Everett, Wash. |
| Linn Boyd | 04 | 10 | 3.44 | 1967 Scrapped Mobile |
| Linton Seam | 04 | 11 | 4.45 | Collier.
1945 WSA (Sprague SS Co, Boston) 1946 Sprague SS Co, Boston.- US flag. 1948 SEACONNET, same owners. 1963 SEACOMET, Seacrest Investment Co.- Liberian flag (Mercantile Nav.Co., Bahamas) 1964 Scrapped Bilbao. |
| Lionel Copley | 02 | 08 | 8.43 | See SAMBRAKE |
| Livingston | 03 | 11 | 4.43 | See JOSIAH D. WHITNEY |
| Lloyd S. Carlson | 17 | 11 | 1.45 | 1945 WSA (American Liberty SS Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Norfolk, Va) 1949 Laid up. 1951 MARY ADAMS, Bloomfield SS Co, Houston - US flag. 1955 WIND RUSH, Shepard SS Co, Boston - US flag 1959 DEBARDELEBEN MARINE I, Debardeleben Marine Corp.- US flag (Coyle Lines, New Orleans) 1960 Converted to 7,115 g.t. bulk chemical carrier. 1962 TEXAS GULF SULPHUR I, Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.- US flag. 1967 Hudson Waterways Corp.- US flag (Transwestern Assoc.Inc, NY) 1968 Returned to US Gov't. 1969 Scrapped New Orleans. |
| Loammi Baldwin | 09 | 08 | 10.44 | 1965 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lorado Taft | 17 | 11 | 8.44 | 1966 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lord Delaware | 02 | 08 | 1.43 | Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Santander |
| Lorenzo C. McCarthy | 09 | 07 | 9.45 | Laid up Mobile
1971 Scrapped Panama City |
| Lorenzo De Zavala | 17 | 08 | 6.43 | 1964 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lorrin A. Thurston | 03 | 11 | 9.43 | See SAMCALIA |
| Lot Morrill | 09 | 17 | 6.44 | See MIAOULIS |
| Lot M. Morrill | 09 | 09 | 8.44 | 1967 Scrapped Portland, Ore. |
| Lot Whitcomb | 12 | 10 | 2.43 | 1943 WSA (Shepard SS Co, NY)
1947 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT VASSILIADES R.A.F. Michael V. Vassiliades, Chios. 1963 MITROPOLIS, same owner 1966 Delmar Armadora, Panama - Greek flag (Poseidon Shpg.Ltd, NY) 1967 Pacific Coast Shipping Co - Liberian flag (Lasco Shpg.Co, Portland, Ore) 1968 Zidell Explorations Inc, Portland. 1968 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lou Gehrig | 10 | 08 | 1.43 | 1966 Scrapped Kearny, NJ. |
| Louis A. Godey | 16 | 08 | 12.43 | See SAMVANNAH |
| Louis A. Sengteller | 14 | 11 | 9.43 | 1943 WSA (Alaska Packers Association, San Francisco)
1946 CORACERO, Cia.Argentina de Nav.Dodero, Buenos Aires - Argentine flag. 1948 ARRIERO, same owner. 1951 Flota Argentina de Nav.de Ultramar, Buenos Aires. 1961 Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentines, Buenos Aires. 1963 AKTI, Melteni Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (Maritime Managers Co, NY) 1964 (Cape Shipping Ltd, NY) 1969 Scrapped Hirao. |
| Louis Agassiz | 12 | 10 | 4.43 | See EMILIAN PUGACHEV |
| Louis Bamberger | 15 | 08 | 12.44 | 1944 WSA (Weyerhaeuser SS Co, Newark, NJ)
1947 HORACE IRVINE, Weyerhaeuser SS Co, Newark, NJ 1968 RELIANCE AMITY, Reliance Carriers S.A- Panamanian flag (Hongkong Maritime Co, Hong Kong) 1971 Scrapped Taiwan |
| Louis C. Tiffany | 02 | - | 12.43 | Burnt out while under construction and scrapped. |
| Louis D. Brandeis | 02 | 09 | 3.43 | 1964 Scrapped Kearny, NJ. |
| Louis Hennepin | 13 | 18 | 5.43 | 1961 Scrapped Tampa |
| Louis Joliet | 14 | 11 | 1.43 | 1943 WSA (Seas Shipping Co, NY)
1947 ALIKI, Livanos Bros Maritime Co.- Greek flag 1952 (Economou & Co, London) 1959 RIO, Derna Cia.de Nav, Panama - Lebanese flag (Livanos & Sons, London) 1968 Scrapped Whampoa, China. |
| Louis Kossuth | 02 | 08 | 12.43 | 1943 WSA (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1959 Scrapped Baltimore |
| Louis McLane | 03 | 11 | 12.42 | 1966 Scrapped New Orleans |
| Louis Marshall | 02 | 08 | 7.43 | 1943 WSA (Wessel, Duval & Co, NY)
1948 Laid up Wilmington. 1951 MOUNT OF OLIVES, Eastern Seaways Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY) 1952 SEAWIZARD, same owner. 1953 GEORGE M. CULUCUNDIS, Eastern Seaways Corp.- US flag (Mar-Trade Corp, NY) 1954 (Tankship Management Corp, NY) 1956 PACIFIC OCEAN, World Carriers Inc.- US flag (World Tramping Agencies, NY) 1957 Transportation Utilities Inc.- US flag (Phs.van Ommeren Shipping Inc, NY) 1958 (World Tramping Agencies, NY) 1960 MARIA G. L, John G. P. Livanos, Piraeus.- Greek flag. 1962 Elshipper Inc.- Greek flag (Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, Piraeus) 14.3.64 Aground near Yokohama at 34.53N 139.49E, broke in two and sank |
| Louis Pasteur | 13 | 18 | 12.43 | 1943 WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY)
1947 Societa Raffaele Romano e Pasquale Mazzella, Naples.- Italian flag. 1963 STELLA AZZURRA, Cia.Armatoriale Italiana, Venice - Italian flag (W. Runciman & Co, London) 1967 Scrapped Venice. |
| Louis Sloss | 14 | 11 | 4.44 | Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1971 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex. |
| Louis Sullivan | 14 | 11 | 4.44 | 1970 Scrapped Mobile |
| Louis Weule | 14 | 11 | 3.44 | 1967 Scrapped Portland, Ore. |
| Louisa M. Alcott | 02 | 08 | 6.42 | Laid up James River.
1970 Scrapped Bilbao |
| Lucien B. Maxwell | 17 | 07 | 10.43 | 1943 WSA
6.8.45 Aground in Seine Estuary, broke in two and sank into quicksands. Total loss. |
| Lucien La Baudt | 14 | 18 | 4.44 | 1944 WSA (Pacific-Atlantic SS Co, Portland, Ore)
1946 States SS Co, Vancouver, Wash.- US flag 1947 CALIFORNIA, same owners. 1949 PACIFICUS, Universal Cargo Carriers Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY) 1953 Pacificus SS Co, Wilmington, Del.- US flag (Suwannee SS Co, Jacksonville) 1956 Universal Cargo Carriers Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY) 1957 Intercontinental Liberties Inc.- US flag ((Maritime Overseas Corp, NY) 1960 (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY) 1962 SMITH CONQUEROR, Conqueror Freighters Inc.- US flag (Earl J. Smith & Co, NY) 1965 U.S. CONQUEROR, (U.S. Bulk Carriers Inc, NY) 1967 MARIETTA, Cia.Marietta Nav., Hong Kong & Panama - Panamanian flag. 1969 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lucius Fairchild | 12 | 10 | 11.43 | 1943 WSA (Wilmore SS Co, Boston)
1946 WSA (W. J. Rountree & Co, NY) 1947 BERLAGE, Netherlands Gov't (Koninlijke Java-China-Paket Lijnen, Amsterdam) 1950 AMSTELVAART, Amsterdam N.V. Reederij, Amsterdam - Netherlands flag. 1960 COSMOPOLITAN, Cosmopolitan Nav.Co - Panamanian flag (Great Southern SS Co, Hong Kong) 1964 VIGILANT, Vigilant Nav.Corp.- Panamanian flag (Union Marine Industries, NY) 1968 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lucius Q. C. Lamar | 04 | 07 | 3.43 | 1967 Scrapped Tacoma |
| Lucretia Mott | 12 | 10 | 3.43 | 1968 Scrapped Kearny, NJ. |
| Lucy Stone | 14 | 18 | 3.43 | Laid up Mobile
1972 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex. |
| Luis Arguello | 03 | 08 | 12.42 | 1960 Scrapped Kure |
| Lunsford Richardson | 05 | 08 | 9.44 | 1944 WSA (W. J. Rountree Co Inc)
1961 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Luther Burbank | 14 | 11 | 4.43 | 1943 ERIDANUS (AK92), US Navy
1946 LUTHER BURBANK, WSA laid up. 1947 PANAGIOTIS, John G.P.Livanos, Athens- Greek flag. 15.11.55 Aground Kunsan, Korea, broke her back. CTL. 1956 Both parts refloated and rejoined at Tokio, lengthened (7,321 g.t.) 1957 SILLA, Far Eastern Marine Transport Co, Inchon - South Korean flag. 1961 (Pacific Far East Line, San Francisco) 1972 Scrapped Masan, South Korea. |
| Luther Martin | 02 | 19 | 7.42 | Laid up Mobile
1971 Scrapped Panama City |
| Luther S. Kelly | 14 | 18 | 7.43 | 1943 WSA (W.S.Chamberlain & Co, San Francisco)
1946 WSA (Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Norfolk, Va) 1947 GIOACCHINO LAURO, Achille Lauro, Naples - Italian flag. 1968 Scrapped Spezia. |
| Luzon | 02 | 08 | 5.43 | See SAMUEL BOWLES |
| Lydia M. Child | 03 | 11 | 3.43 | 1943 WSA (McCormick SS Co, San Francisco)
27.4.43 Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I.178 off Australia at 33.08S 153.24E. |
| Lyman Abbott | 18 | 09 | 5.43 | 1943 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
Laid up Mobile 1970 Scrapped Mobile |
| Lyman Beecher | 08 | 11 | 12.42 | 1942 WSA (American-Hawaiian SS Co, San Francisco)
1946 US War Dep't, loaned to Chinese Gov't renamed HAI CHEN (China Merchants S.N.Co) 1947 China Merchants S.N.Co.- Chinese flag. 1951 ASIAN, Panoceanica Soc.Arm, Panama - Panamanian flag. (A. Lusi Ltd, London) 1960 Greek flag. 1965 (J. C. Carras & Sons, London) 1967 Scrapped Taiwan. |
| Lyman Hall | 16 | 08 | 4.43 | 1963 Scrapped Philadelphia |
| Lyman J. Gage | 13 | 11 | 2.43 | 1944 CHELEB (AK138), US Navy
1946 USMC laid up Suisun Bay 1978 Reported scrapped San Jose, Cal. |
| Lyman Stewart | 03 | 11 | 5.43 | 1943 WSA (Pacific Far East Line, San Francisco)
1970 Scrapped Panama City |
| Lyon G. Tyler | 02 | 08 | 10.43 | See SAMNEBRA |