LIBERTY SHIPS - R


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COMP.
HISTORY
R. C. Brennan 12 10 5.43 1960 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
R. F. Peckham 14 18 11.43 1943 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
31.12.45 Damaged in collision with JESSE COTTRELL, towed Gibraltar, CTL and sold Cadiz for scrapping. Resold and rebuilt to 7,696 g.t.
1950 RIO TAJO, Fernando M. Pereda, Santander.- Spanish flag.
1961 Nicomedes Garcia-Gomez.- Spanish flag. (Fletamar, Madrid)
1962 Nicomedes Garcia & Fernando M. Pereda.- Spanish flag (same managers)
1967 Maritima Continental y de Comercio Marcosa, Madrid- Spanish flag.
1976 Scrapped Santander.
R. J. Reynolds 05 08 10.44 1944 WSA (Black Diamond SS Corp)
1958 Scrapped Baltimore.
R. M. Williamson 17 13 8.43 1943 WSA (Standard Fruit & SS Co, New Orleans)
1947 NICOLAS KAIRIS, John Kairis & Partners, Athens - Greek flag. (Rethymnis & Kulukundis, London)
1952 Giannis Kairis & Partners, Athens- Greek flag (same managers)
1954 J. N. Kairis & Partners, Athens- Greek flag (same managers)
5.5.59 Aground Kuchino Shima at 30.30N 129.52E, broke in two and total loss.
R. Ney McNeeley 05 07 2.44 1944 WSA (South Atlantic SS Co)
1955 US Navy (YAG), laid up James River.
1973 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
R. P. Warner 12 10 8.43 1943 WSA (American Mail Line, Seattle)
1947 SYROS, Dimitrios C. Georgopoulos, Syra- Greek flag (Blidberg Rothchild Co, NY)
1950 (Maritime Trade Corp, NY)
20.1.55 Aground Bermuda, refloated but CTL.
1955 ALBA, Villalba Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag - repaired. (Cargo & Tankship M'gment Corp, NY)
1962 ZAFIRO, Lanena Shpg.Co, Hong Kong- Panamanian flag.
1967 TILLIE, Ficodam Shpg.Co, Panama- Panamanian flag (Intercontinental Shpg.Co, Hong Kong)
1968 Scrapped Taiwan
R. S. Wilson 04 10 3.44 31.12.45 Grounded at entrance to Boston, Mass. harbour, CTL. Laid up James River.
1959 Scrapped Baltimore
R. Walton Moore 05 08 8.44 1944 WSA (Parry Navigation Co)
1961 Scrapped Tacoma
Rachel Jackson 03 11 3.43 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1976 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Port Mansfield, Texas.
Rafael R. Rivera 06 11 1.45 Boxed Aircraft Transport.
1954 SKYWATCHER (YAGR3), US Navy
1958 SKYWATCHER (AGR3), US Navy
1965 laid up Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Santander.
Ralph A. Cram 03 11 12.43 1943 WSA (Smith & Johnson, NY)
1947 ATLANTICO, Nav.Generale Gerolimich & Co, Venice.- Italian flag.
1963 HUTA OSTROWIEC, Polish Gov't, Szczecin.- Polish flag (Polish SS Co)
1971 Polish SS Co.
1973 Scrapped Santander.
Ralph Barnes 12 10 12.43 1943 WSA (American Mail Line, Seattle)
1947 ST. JAN, Det Ostasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen - Danish flag.
1951 ARTEMIDI, Puerto Nuevo Cia.Nav, Panama - Panamanian flag (Milmar Shpg & Tdg.Corp, NY)
1952 PANTOKRATOR, Rio Hondo Cia.Arm, Panama - Panamanian flag (Transworld Marine Transport Corp, NY)
1955 Rebuilt to 8,474 g.t. - Liberian flag (National Shpg & Tdg Corp, NY)
1961 PANAGATHOS, Hellenic Shpg & Industries Co, Piraeus.- Greek flag.
1963 Liberian flag.
27.10.65 Aground Ameland Island, abandoned. 
1970 Wreck declared CTL.
Ralph Izard 02 08 9.42 1965 Scrapped Panama City
Ralph T. O'Neil 14 11 5.44 1966 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 12 18 5.42 1960 Scrapped Philadelphia
Ransom A. Moore 06 07 11.44 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1970 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex.
Raymond B. Stevens 09 08 4.44 1961 Scrapped Philadelphia
Raymond Clapper 15 07 6.44 1944 WSA (T.J.Stevenson & Co, NY)
1947 T. J. STEVENSON, Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp, NY.- US flag.
1954 SHAMROCK, Shamrock SS Corp, NY.- Liberian flag.
1954 MASTER NICKY, Niki Cia.Nav.S.A, Panama - Liberian flag (Triton Shipping Inc, NY)
1960 THRYLOS, same owner - Greek flag.
1965 ELIAS DAYFAS II, Volbay Navigation S.A, Panama- Greek flag (Daymark Shpg.Agency, NY)
5.7.66 Abandoned after developing leaks off Yucutan Peninsular at 21.09N 86.28W. Taken in tow but broke loose and presumed sank.
Raymond T. Baker 03 11 2.44 1944 WSA (Coastwise Transportation Co, Portland, Ore)
1947 NICOLAOU ZOGRAFIA, Georges Nicolaou, Athens- Greek flag.
1948 Nicolas G. Nicolaou, Athens- Greek flag.
1960 DESPO, Ionic SS Co.- Greek flag (George Nicolaou Ltd, London)
1971 Scrapped Istanbul.
Raymond V. Ingersoll 06 08 9.44 1944 WSA (Polarus SS Co, NY)
1947 SNELAND I, D/S A/S Vestland (Rich.Amlie & Co, Haugesund)- Norwegian flag.
1959 KOPALNIA ZABRZE, Polish Gov't, Szczecin (Polish SS Co)
1972  Polish SS Co.
1975 MP-ZP-GDY-8, Zarzad Portu Gdynia. Converted to floating warehouse at Gdynia.
1982 Scrapped Gdynia.
Raymond Van Brogan 06 07 2.45 Boxed Aircraft Transport
1947 laid up Mobile, Alabama.
1956 VIGIL (YAGR12), US Navy
1958 VIGIL (AGR12), US Navy
1965 laid up Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Bilbao.
Rebecca Boone 17 13 12.43 1943 WSA (North Atlantic & Gulf SS Co, NY)
1947 Suwannee Fruit & SS Co, Jacksonville, Fla.
1949 Honduras Shpg.Co, Tegucigalpa.- Honduras flag
1950 VENERATOR, Oceanica Cia.de Transportes, Panama.- Liberian flag (Lemos & Pateras, London)
1953 (Diamantis Pateras, London)
1958 GIGA, I.N.S.A.Soc.di Nav, Genoa- Italian flag
1960 CUYANO, La Austral S.A, Buenos Aires- Argentine flag.
1960 Rebuilt to 8,184 g.t. bulk carrier.
1961 PALOS, Palos Cia.de Vapores, Panama- Liberian flag (Soler y Cia, Buenos Aires)
1963 EVMAR, Fundacion Armadora S.A, Panama- Liberian flag (Victoria SS Co, London)
1971 ANTONIA B, Faros Shipping Enterprises, Cape Town.- South African flag.
1972 Scrapped Split.
Rebecca Lukens 06 10 4.44 1944 MAJOR GENERAL HERBERT A. DARGUE, US Army aircraft repair ship.
1946 REBECCA LUKENS, USMC laid up James River.
1970 Scrapped Wilmington, NC.
Redfield Proctor 14 11 12.42 1942 CELENO (AK76), US Navy
1946 REDFIELD PROTECTOR, WSA laid up Suisun Bay.
1961 Scrapped Panama City
Redstone Seam 04 11 5.45 Collier
1945 WSA (Wilmore SS Co, Boston)
1946 BERWINDVALE, Wilmore SS Co, Boston- US flag (Staples Coal Co)
1951 Staples Coal Co, Boston.- US flag.
1963 POINT VINCENTE, Western Ocean Transport Co.- US flag (Pacific Coast Transport Co, San Francisco)
1965 Scrapped Castellon, Spain.
Reginald A. Fessenden 04 08 10.43 Tanker
1943 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1948 KINGSTON, First National Oil Corp.- US flag (Sieling & Jarvis Corp, NY)
1950 SEAMAGIC, Colonial SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY)
1953 STRAPOURIES, Azteca Cia.Armadora.- Panamanian flag (same managers)
1954 Converted to 7,185 g.t. dry cargo ship.
1955 THEOTOKOS, Cia.Comercial Transatlantica- Panamanian flag (Spiros Polemis, NY)
24.10.63 Damaged in collision with BRITISH STATESMAN near Lisbon. Towed to Lisbon but CTL.
1964 Scrapped Vado, Italy.
Reinhold Richter 13 11 9.43 1943 WSA (Seas Shipping Co, NY)
1947 SIMON STEVIN, Netherlands Gov't (Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam)
1947 LISSEKERK, (Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheep.Maats, The Hague)- Dutch flag
1950 Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam.
1951 Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheep.Maats, The Hague- Dutch flag.
1961 MARIA de LOURDES, Cia.de Nav. Michaels Line, Panama & Athens.- Greek flag.
1966 Marcarino Cia.Nav, Panama- Greek flag. (Carapanayoti & Co, London)
1968 (Shipping & Produce Co, London)
1970 Scrapped Shanghai.
Reliance 02 08 9.44 See DUTIFUL
Renald Fernald 10 09 2.44 1944 WSA (North Atlantic & Gulf SS Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Sword Line, NY)
1948 Laid up Hudson River.
1951 AMEROCEAN, Amerocean SS Co.- US flag (Blackchester Lines Inc, NY)
1956 MARINE PROGRESS, Marine Navigation Co, NY.- US flag.
1962 (Marine Transport Lines, Inc)
26.4.63 Stranded Puerto Rico, refloated but CTL.
1963 Scrapped Bordentown, NJ.
Reverdy Johnson 02 19 7.42 1967 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Richard A. Van Pelt 05 08 2.45 See BELGIAN EQUALITY
Richard B. Moore 14 18 12.43 1943 WSA (De La Rama SS Co, NY)
1947 SAN GIUSTO, Carlo Martinolich & Figlio, Trieste.- Italian flag.
1963 MASHUK, Sovtorgflot, Odessa- U.S.S.R. flag
1972 Scrapped Bilbao.
Richard Bassett 02 19 6.42 Limited Troop Carrier.
1942 WSA (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1947 CAROLYN, A. H. Bull & Co, NY.- US flag.
1948 Baltimore Insular Line.- US flag (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1961 US Gov't.- Laid up.
1962 Scrapped Panama City.
Richard Bland 02 19 4.42 1942 WSA (American South African Line, NY)
10.3.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.255 at 65.53N 14.10W off Iceland.
Richard Caswell 11 08 12.42 1942 WSA (South Atlantic SS Co, Savannah)
Torpedoed and sunk by U.513 off Brazil at 28.10S 46.30W
Richard Coulter 16 08 10.44 1960 Scrapped Baltimore
Richard D. Lyons 09 08 3.45 1945 WSA (United States Lines)
1946 Chartered to Greek Gov't.
1946 Calaxias SS Co, Piraeus- Greek flag.
1952 Galaxias SS Co, Piraeus- Greek flag.
1959 Apollania Shipping Co.- Greek flag (Lyras Bros, London)
1968 Scrapped Hirao
Richard D. Spaight 11 08 8.42 1942 WSA (American West African Line, NY)
10.3.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.182 off South Africa at 28.00S 37.00E
Richard H. Alvey 02 19 7.42 1961 Scrapped Beaumont, Tex.
Richard Halliburton 06 07 10.44 1961 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Richard Harding Davis 12 10 4.43 1967 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Richard Henderson 14 18 2.43 1943 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
26.8.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.410 off Sardinia at 37.15N 08.24E
Richard Henry Dana 03 08 8.42 1966 PUGET LOGGER No.1, converted to crane barge at Portland, Ore.
1971 FLOATING DOCK No.2, converted to floating wharf at Portland, Ore.
Richard Henry Lee 02 08 2.42 1965 Scrapped New Orleans
Richard Hovey 10 08 4.43 1943 WSA (Sprague SS Co, Boston)
29.3.44 Torpedoed, shelled and sunk by Japanese submarine I.26 at 16.40N 64.30E
Richard J. Cleveland 03 11 10.43 Tanker
1943 WSA (Spencer Kellogg & Sons, NY)
1946 WSA (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
1948 Southeastern Tankers Inc, Wilmington, Del.- US flag.
1948 Southeastern Oil Inc, Jacksonville, Fla.- US flag
1950 MATA REDONDA, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico City.- Mexican flag.
1968 Scrapped Tampico.
Richard J. Hopkins 17 11 10.44 1944 WSA (Moore-McCormack Lines, NY)
1946 WSA (W.J.Rountree & Co, NY)
1949 Laid up Hudson River.
1951 ATLANTIC WATER, Metro SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1956 Astroluz Cia.Nav, Panama.- Panamanian flag (Mar-Trade Corp, NY)
1958 (Cargo & Tankship Management Corp, NY)
1961 KOUMIOTISSA, - Greek flag.
1962 (Marine Managers Inc, NY)
1963 AGIA ERINI L, Horizon Nav.Co.- Liberian flag (Ceres Shipping Co, NY)
3.2.64 Sank at 30.22N 153.00E after developing hull fractures in heavy weather.
Richard J. Oglesby 12 10 11.43 1958 Scrapped Alameda, Cal.
Richard Jordan Gatling 14 11 10.42 1969 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Richard K. Call 15 08 4.44 1970 Scrapped Panama City. 
Richard M. Johnson 04 18 6.43 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1973 Sold to Cleveland, Ohio scrappers.
Richard Mansfield 12 18 12.42 1959 Scrapped Seattle
Richard March Hoe 14 08 11.42 1942 US Army Transport Service.
1943 PRINCE GEORGES (AP165), US Navy.
1944 PRINCE GEORGES (AK224), US Navy.
1946 RICHARD MARCH HOE, WSA laid up Suisun Bay
1969 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Richard Moczkowski 14 18 8.43 1966 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Richard Montgomery 15 15 7.43 1943 WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY)
8.44 Damaged by aircraft attack in Thames Estuary. Towed in but aground in Medway Channel and broke in two and abandoned. CTL. Vessel still there in shallow water, but cargo too dangerous to handle.
Richard O'Brien 17 10 5.44 1944 BRIGADIER GENERAL ASA N. DUNCAN, US Army aircraft repair ship.
1946 RICHARD O'BRIEN, WSA laid up James River.
1972 Scrapped Burriana.
Richard Olney 04 08 2.43 1943 WSA (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
22.9.43 Mined at 37.25N 09.54E, towed Bizerta but CTL. 
1948 Scrapped Italy.
Richard Randall 05 08 11.44 1944 WSA (Isbrandtsen SS Co)
1964 Scrapped Mobile
Richard Rush 12 18 1.43 1961 Scrapped Philadelphia
Richard S. Ewell 17 18 4.43 1965 Scrapped Camden, NJ.
Richard Stockton 14 11 8.42 See BELGIAN LOYALTY
Richard Upjohn 16 08 6.44 Laid up Mobile
1976 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Horn Island, Mississippi.
Richard V. Oulahan 06 10 5.44 16.9.45 Ashore and wrecked Okinawa in typhoon. Later reported scrapped China.
Richard Yates 14 11 1.43 Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Valencia
Richmond Mumford Pearson 04 04 11.42 1963 Scrapped Tacoma
Richmond P. Hobson 11 08 7.43 Limited Troop Carrier
1943 WSA (Isbrandtsen Co, NY)
1947 NUEVA ESPERANZA, Cia.Faralon de Nav. (Dow & Symmers, NY) Panamanian flag.
1953 (Boyd, Weir & Sewell, NY)
1954 (Fafalios Ltd, London)
1961 TREBISNJICA, Jugoslavenska Slobodna Plovidba, Polce.- Yugoslav flag.
17.7.63 Aground near Cabo Maysi at 21.36N 73.50W Total loss.
Ring Lardner


1959 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Risden Tyler Bennett 16 11 8.44 1963 Scrapped Philadelphia
Roald Amundsen 02 06 4.43 Launched as WILLIAM STRONG
1943 ROALD AMUNDSEN, Lease lend to Norwegian Gov't.
1946 Ringdals Rederi A/S (Olav Ringdal, Oslo)- Norwegian flag.
20.11.47 Aground off Skudeneshavn, broke in two. CTL.
Robert B. Forbes 09 17 9.44 1965 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Robert Bacon 04 11 3.43 1943 WSA (R. A. Nicol & Co, NY)
14.7.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.178 off Mozambique at 15.02S 41.13E
Robert Battey 05 08 12.43 1943 WSA (Cosmopolitan Shipping Co)
6.9.45 Aground Mindanao, refloated and laid up damaged.
1965 Reported transferred to US Navy and disposed of.
Robert C. Grier 03 11 11.42 1966 Scrapped Tacoma
Robert D. Carey 14 11 3.44 1944 WSA (Shepard SS Co, NY)
1947 PERLA, Lloyd Triestino S.A.di Nav, Trieste- Italian flag.
1964 Fratelli d'Amico, Rome.- Italian flag.
1968 Scrapped Spezia.
Robert Dale Owen 11 08 5.43 Limited Troop Carrier
1943 WSA (Black Diamond SS Corp, NY)
1946 KALLIOPI, Panagos D. Pateras, Chios.- Greek flag.
20.12.47 Mined off Rijeka at 45.08N 14.16E, broke in three and sank.
Robert E. Clarkson 17 11 9.44 1965 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Robert E. Peary 14 11 11.42 1963 Scrapped Baltimore
Robert Eden 02 08 7.43 1964 Scrapped Tacoma
Robert Ellis Lewis 02 08 3.44 1970 Scrapped Santander
Robert Erskine 02 08 7.43 1943 WSA (T. J. Stevenson & Co, NY)
6.1.44 Wrecked Bizerta, Tunisia during gale. Total loss.
Robert F. Broussard 04 18 9.44 1965 Scrapped Philadelphia
Robert F. Burns 06 07 9.45 Boxed Aircraft Transport
1968 Scrapped New Orleans
Robert F. Hoke 11 08 5.43 1943 WSA (American Export Lines, NY)
28.12.43 Torpedoed and damaged by Japanese submarine I.26 off Hadramant Coast. 
25.11 44 Arrived Suez, declared CTL and hulked.
1944 MOWT (Asiatic S.N.Co, London), towed to Bombay and used by R.N as stevedore training ship
1947 Laid up Bombay, reverted to USMC.
1949 Scrapped Bombay.
Robert F. Stockton 03 11 8.42 1963 Alabama State Docks Dept, used as grain store, later scrapped.
Robert Fechner 16 08 11.43 1943 WSA (South Atlantic SS Line, Savannah)
1947 VAN der WAALS, Netherlands Gov't (Nederland N.V.Stoom. Maats, Amsterdam)
1950 ENGGANO, Nederland N.V.Stoom. Maats, Amsterdam- Dutch flag.
1957 AMSTELLAAN, Amsterdam N.V Reederij, Amsterdam- Dutch flag.
1961 SILVER STATE, Pacific Overseas Nav.Corp.- Liberian flag (Valles SS Co, Hong Kong)
1966 Scrapped Taiwan.
Robert Fulton 12 18 3.42 1969 Scrapped Mobile
Robert G. Cousins 14 18 12.43 1943 WSA (Hammond Shpg.Co, San Francisco)
1947 MONGINEVRO, Navigazione Alta Italia, Genoa- Italian flag.
1963 AVACHA, Sovtorgflot, Odessa.- U.S.S.R. flag
1973 Scrapped Castellon, Spain.
Robert G. Harper 12 08 4.42 1942 WSA (Pacific-Atlantic SS Co, Portland, Ore)
1946 Laid up.
1947 ST. CROIX, Det Ostasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen - Danish flag.
1951 MARNA, Puerto Cabello Cia.Nav, Panama - Panamanian flag (Milmar Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY)
1954 ASTRON, Fairwind Shpg.Co, Panama - Panamanian flag (Triton Shpg.Co, NY)
1962 URANOS, Uranos Cia.Nav, Panama - Greek flag (Nereus Shipping, Piraeus)
1966 GREAT PEACE, Great Fortune Nav.Co, Panama & Hong Kong - Liberian flag.
1968 Taiwan flag
1970 Scrapped Taiwan
Robert G. Ingersoll 03 11 7.43 1961 Scrapped Terminal Island.
Robert Gray 12 08 2.42 1942 WSA (Waterman SS Co, Mobile)
19.4.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.108 in Atlantic at 50.57N 40.35W having straggled from convoy HX 234.
Robert H. Harrison 13 11 11.42 1966 Scrapped Bordentown, NJ.
Robert Henri 17 10 3.44 1958 Scrapped Baltimore
Robert Howe 11 19 1.43 Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Bilbao
Robert J. Banks 05 08 12.44 See VADSO
Robert J. Collier 02 06 6.43 22.3.46 Aground River Schelde, broke in two, CTL.
1947 Scrapped Antwerp.
Robert J. Walker 12 18 2.43 1943 WSA (McCormick SS Co, San Francisco)
25.12.44 Torpedoed and sunk by U.862 off Sydney, NSW at 36.32S 150.45E
Robert Jordan 09 19 7.43 1943 WSA (American Export Lines, NY)
1947 PLOUHARNEL, French Gov't (Cie.Generale Transatlantique)
1949 (Chargeurs Reunis, Paris)
1955 (Nouvelle Cie.Havraise Peninsulaire de Nav, Paris)
1959 Laid up at Nantes in damaged condition after serious cargo fire. CTL.
1960 (Cie.Generale Transatlantique)
1963 Scrapped Aviles, Spain.
Robert L. Hague 03 11 3.44 1944 WSA (Alaska SS Co)
1947 PINIOS, Theofano Maritime Co.- Greek flag. (Livanos, Piraeus & London)
1949 Athina Maritime Co, Piraeus- Greek flag (Livanos & Co, NY)
1952 (Maritime Brokers Inc, NY & Livanos, London)
1964 ATLANTIC MASTER, Acme Financing Co- Greek flag (S. Livanos, London)
1965 FORWARD, Mic Carriers Inc.- Liberian flag (Marine Industry Corp, Hong Kong)
1966 Oriental Union Maritime Corp.- Liberian flag (Union Marine Industries, NY)
1967 Venus Maritime Corp.- Liberian flag (Motorships Inc, NY)
1968 Scrapped Taiwan
Robert L. Vann 09 17 9.43 1943 WSA (United Fruit Co, Boston)
1.3.45 Mined and sunk near Ostend 51.23N 02.51E
Robert Lansing  06  07  8.43 1968 Scrapped Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Robert Louis Stevenson 14 18 11.43 1967 Sank off Alaska loaded with bombs during failed seismic experiment.
Robert Lowry 04 07 5.43 1969 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Robert Lucas 13 11 6.43 Laid up James River
1972 Scrapped Gandia
Robert M. La Follette 04 08 2.43 1943 WSA (Mississippi Shipping Co, New Orleans)
1947 TROARN, French Gov't (Cie.Generale Transatlantique)
1964 Converted to store ship at Le Havre (Ministere de la Marine Marchande)
1966 Cia.de Nav.Propontis, Panama - Panamanian flag (resumed trading) (Olympus Agency, Piraeus)
12.71 Damaged at Chittagong in India / Pakistan war.
1972 Scrapped Taiwan
Robert M. T. Hunter 16 07 5.43 Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Santander
Robert Mills 15 08 10.44 Laid up Mobile
1975 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Alabama coast.
Robert Morris 03 11 4.42 Laid up James River
1972 Scrapped Bilbao
Robert Neighbors 17 08 10.44 1970 Scrapped Bilbao
Robert Newell 12 10 5.43 1961 Scrapped Seattle
Robert Parrot 16 08 11.44 1968 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
Robert R. Livingston 05 07 2.44 1944 WSA (A. H. Bull & Co)
1962 Scrapped Tacoma
Robert R. McBurney 10 09 9.44 1962 Scrapped Panama City
Robert R. Randall 09 17 12.43 1943 WSA (Eastern Gas & Fuel Assoc, Boston)
1944 Lease lend to French Gov't.
1946 French Gov't.(Soc.Nav.Caennaise, Caen)
1947 OUISTREHAM, same owners.
1953 (Messageries Maritimes, Paris)
1956 (Louis Dreyfus & Cie, Paris)
1961 (Soc.Maritime Nationale, Paris)
1968 JUPITER - Cyprus flag (reported sold to Chinese brekers and renamed for delivery voyage)
1969 AVIAN, Avian Shpg.Co (Angelos Ltd, London)- Cyprus flag.
1969 Scrapped Shanghai.
Robert Rogers 09 19 7.43 Laid up James River.
1972 Scrapped Burriana.
Robert Rowan 11 08 4.43 1943 WSA (Isthmian SS Co, NY)
11.7.43 Damaged by air and artillery fire off Gela, Sicily at 36.47N 14.30E, caught fire and exploded.
1948 Wreck scrapped Italy.
Robert S. Abbott 14 11 4.44 See KAMANETS-PODOLSK
Robert S. Bean 12 10 9.43 1943 WSA (United States Lines, NY)
1947 CLEO, Ariga Cia.de Vapores, Panama.- Honduras flag.
1948 (North American Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1951 ARSENA, Marpuente Cia.Maritima, Panama - Panamanian flag.
1954 (Milmar Shpg & Tdg.Corp, NY)
25.7.58 Aground Maio Island, towed Dakar. CTL.
1959 Scrapped Rotterdam
Robert S. Lovett 17 08 8.44 1944 WSA (American Liberty SS Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Lykes Bros SS Co, New Orleans)
1949 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1951 WESTERN RANCHER, Western Nav.Corp, NY- US flag
1954 CHRYSSI S.M, Maracay Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (World Seas Shipping Inc, NY)
1964 Sotavento Cia.Nav, Panama.- Liberian flag (same managers)
1965 Scrapped Hamburg.
Robert Stuart 03 11 2.43 1961 Scrapped Philadelphia
Robert T. Hill 17 10 8.43 1963 Scrapped Wilmington, NC.
Robert T. Lincoln 14 11 12.42 1942 ALUDRA (AK72), US Navy.
23.6.43 torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine RO.103 off Guadalcanal at 11.35S 162.08E..
Robert Toombs 16 07 4.43 1959 Scrapped Baltimore
Robert Treat 09 09 6.43 1967 Scrapped New Orleans
Robert Treat Paine 02 08 5.42 Troopship.
1942 WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY)
1947 DIEPPE, French Gov't (Cie.Generale Transatlantique)
1954 BROTHER GEORGE, Garraway S.A, Panama - Liberian flag (Wigham Richardson & Co, London)
1964 Scrapped Holland after grounding damage Isle of Wight.
Robert Trimble 05 08 7.43 1943 WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY)
1946 Corrada S.A.di Nav, Genoa- Italian flag.
1947 ANDREA, same owners.
1962 Laid up Spezia,
1963 Scrapped Spezia.
Robert W. Bingham 04 10 7.44 See BRIGADIER GENERAL CLINTON W. RUSSELL
Robert W. Hart 09 08 8.45 Boxed Aircraft Transport
1946 laid up Wilmington, NC.
1947 returned to service.
1947 laid up James River.
1962 GEORGETOWN (AG165), US Navy
1964 GEORGETOWN (AGTR2), US Navy
1969 Stricken from US Navy
1971 Sold to Spanish breakers. 
Robert Watchorn 17 11 7.44 1944 WSA (Black Diamond SS Co, NY)
1946 WSA (American Foreign SS Corp, NY)
1947 AMERICAN ROBIN, American Foreign SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1957 PACIFIC STAR, Continental Carriers Corp.- Liberian flag (Nomikos Ltd, London)
1958 Compass SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1960 ROVER, Rover Shipping Corp, NY.- US flag.
1960 HWA AN, Cia.Nav. Peace Lda.- Panamanian flag (Hai An Shipping Co, Hong Kong)
1967 Scrapped Hong Kong.
Robert Wickliffe 02 08 12.43 See SAMBALT
Robert Y. Hayne 15 08 7.43 1943 WSA (Agwilines Inc, NY)
1947 CITTA di SAVONA, Societa Saicen, Savona- Italian flag
1948 S.A.Importazione Carbonie e Nav., Savona- Italian flag.
1958 CENTREPORT, Lloyd Africa Ltd.- Liberian flag (T. J. Verrando & Co, NY)
1964 (Transamerican SS Corp, NY)
1971 Scrapped Bilbao
Roda Seam 04 07 10.45 Collier
1945 WSA (T. J. Stevenson & Co, NY)
1946 MOUNT TAMALPAIS, Mount SS Corp.- US flag.
1947 EVERETT, Mystic SS Division (Eastern Gas & Fuel Assoc, Boston)- US flag.
1954 GULL, Atlantic Bulk Trading Corp, Liberian flag (Mystic SS Co, Boston)
1960 Maritenia Shipping Co.- Liberian flag (Ernesto Audoly Soc, Trieste)
1962 (Interprogress Import & Export, Hamburg)
1964 ALGOL, Imextracom Establissement, Liechtenstein.- Bulgarian flag.
1967 Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Varna.- Bulgarian flag.
1970 SAKAR, same owners.
1972 Scrapped Split.
Rodina 14 11 5.44 Launched as HENRY J. WATERS, allocated to U.S.S.R. as JAN TOMP. Completed as RODINA.
1973 Reported scrapped U.S.S.R.
Roger B. Taney 02 08 2.42 1942 WSA (Waterman SS Co, Mobile)
9.2.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.160 in South Atlantic at 23.00S 15.00W
Roger Griswold 04 11 3.43 Laid up James River
1972 Scrapped Panama City
Roger Moore 11 08 4.43 Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Roger Sherman 14 11 8.42 1961 Scrapped Baltimore
Roger Williams 11 08 9.42 1942 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1947 SONATA, Rederi A/B Dalen (O. Kihlstrom, Gothenburg) - Swedish flag.
1952 AVRA, Rio Palmea Cia.Nav.S.A.- Panamanian flag. (Seacrest Shpg.Co, NY)
1961 THRASYVOULOS, Orient Marine S.A.- Panamanian flag (Orient Mid-East Lyd, London)
29.6.65 Reported by radio leaking at 09.03N 56.25E, went missing.
Ross G. Marvin 02 06 12.43 See SAMTROY
Rotanin 03 11 9.43 See WILLIAM KELLY
Roy James Cole 05 08 3.45 1945 WSA (Blidberg Rothchild Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Lykes Bros SS Co)
1949 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1951 NORTH HEAVEN, Phoenix SS Corp.- US flag.
1951 Merchants SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1954 DELPHI, Rio Anton Cia.Armadora, Panama.- Liberian flag (Admanthos Ship Operating Co, NY)
1959 (Syros Shipping Co, London)
1960 Mavmen Cia.Nav, Panama.- Greek flag (Hesperus Shipping Corp, NY)
1962 (Syros Shipping Co, London)
1964 EVER STRENGTH, First Navigation Corp, Panama.- Liberian flag (First SS Co, Taipei)
1967 GRAND DOLPHIN, Oceanic Transportation Inc, Hong Kong.- Liberian flag.
1970 Scrapped Taiwan.
Roy K. Johnson 04 11 2.45 1945 WSA (Calmar SS Corp, NY)
1946 WSA (Alcoa SS Co, NY)
1948 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1951 SEAGALLANT, Cape Horn SS Corp.- US flag.
1951 Oceanic Waterways Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1953 ADMIRAL DEWEY, National Shpg & Tdg.Co, NY.- US flag.
1954 NATIONAL LEADER, Monteverde Cia. Armadora.- Liberian flag (Carolus S.A, Panama)
1960 ARIE H, Transandina Cia.Nav, Panama - Liberian flag (Paul Hydreas, NY)
1962 ARISTEA, same owner.
1966 BEATA, Transworld Nav.Co.- Liberian flag (Welcome Ship Operating Co, NY)
1968 Scrapped Taiwan.
Royal S. Copeland 15 08 1.44 1944 WSA (Parry Navigation Co, NY)
1947 LES GLIERES, French Gov't (Cie.Messageries Maritimes)
1959 NICTRIC, Cia.Estrella Blanca Lda, Panama - Lebanese flag (Wigham Richardson & Co, London)
14.6.67 Coal cargo fire in Chittagong Roads, CTL.
1968 Scrapped Taiwan
Ruben Dario 16 11 7.44 1944 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1963 Scrapped Philadelphia
Rudolph Kauffman 16 08 12.44 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1972 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex.
Rufus C. Dawes 15 08 9.43 1968 Scrapped Tacoma
Rufus Choate 17 10 5.44 Laid up James River
1971 Scrapped Santander
Rufus E. Foster 04 02 3.44 1944 WSA (Mississippi Shpg.Co, New Orleans)
1946 LEEGHWATER, Netherlands Gov't.
1947 LIEVE VROUWEKERK, (Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheep.Maats, The Hague)
1950 Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheep.Maats, The Hague- Dutch flag.
26.2.60 Aground in storm on Vlieland Island, refloated but CTL.
1960 Scrapped Tyne.
Rufus King 03 11 5.42 1942 WSA (Pacific Far East Lines, San Francisco)
7.7.42 Ashore off Moreton Island, Australia, broke in two. Forepart later salvaged and rebuilt as a lighter.
Rufus W. Peckham 02 08 2.43 1943 WSA (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1946 WSA (James Griffiths & Sons, Seattle)
1948 Laid up Astoria.
1951 SEAGALE, Phoenix SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1951 SEA GALE, Seatraders Inc, NY.- US flag.
1953 NICHOLAS C. H., Trident Transport Corp, NY.- US flag
1954 PITSA H, Mendoza Cia.Nav.- Panamanian flag. (Trident Transport Corp, NY)
1956 (Jason Shpg & Tdg Corp, NY)
1958 VALIANT EFFORT, Ocean Carriers Corp, NY.- US flag.
18.1.59 Abandoned near Tunisia in heavy weather after steering gear failure. Drifted ashore near Ras el Djebel, broke in two, CTL.
Russell A. Alger 07 10 3.43 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1973 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex.
Russell H. Chittenden 03 11 3.44 1944 WSA (McCormick SS Co, San Francisco)
13.3.45 Ashore and wrecked off New Guinea at 05.55S 149.10E
Russell R. Jones 17 11 1.45 1945 WSA (Overlakes Freight Transport, Detroit)
1947 WSA (Pope & Talbot, Inc, San Francisco)
1951 PEGOR, Pegor SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1956 (World Tramping Agencies, NY)
1958 PACIFIC WAVE, same owners.
1960 CHING YUNG, Chinese Maritime Trust, Taipei.- Nationalist Chinese flag.
1965 Taiwan flag.
1967 Scrapped Taiwan.
Russell Sage 06 07 2.44 1944 WSA (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
1947 GLEN I, Caribbean Land & Shpg.Corp, Cristobal  (T.Gotaas & Co, NY) Panamanian flag.
1950 Cia.de Nav.La Cordillera.- Panamanian flag. (D'Amico Soc.di Nav, Rome)
1954 Flamengo Cia.de Nav. Transoceanica.- Panamanian flag. (same managers)
1955 MARIA DOLORES, same owners.
1958 D'Amico Soc.di Nav, Rome
1965 NIKOLIS M, Miltiades Navegaceon.- Greek flag (Mattheos Mavridoglou, Piraeus)
Rutilicus 03 11 5.43 See ANDREW ROWAN
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