LIBERTY SHIPS - W - Z


NAME
BL'DR
ENG
COMP.
HISTORY
William N. Byers 13 18 7.43 1943 WSA (Isthmian SS Co, NY)
1947 NICOLAS, Pateras & Mavrophilippas, Athens - Greek flag (Lyras & Lemos Bros, London)
1950 (Lyras Bros, London)
1952 Ch.Pateras, Athens- Greek flag (same managers)
1964 Scrapped Vado, Italy.
William N. Pendleton 17 18 4.43 Laid up Hudson River
1971 Scrapped Burriana
William Osler 02 06 3.43 1943 WISTERIA, US Army hospital ship.
1947 US Government, laid up.
1969 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
William P. Duval 06 08 9.44 1944 WSA (Blidberg Rothchild Co, NY)
1947 VESUVIO, Soc.di Nav.Italia, Genoa- Italian flag
1972 Laid up Genoa.
1973 Scrapped Spezia.
William P. Fessenden 09 09 12.42 1959 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
William P. McArthur 12 14 8.42 1966 ELMAR I, converted to crane barge at New Orleans.
William Paca 02 19 6.42 1969 Scrapped Mobile
William Patterson 02 19 7.42 1957 Converted to trial type EC2-G-8g, later laid up Hudson River.
1971 Scrapped Bilbao.
William Peffer 14 11 1.44 1944 WSA (Alaska Transportation Co, Tacoma)
1947 LISIEUX, French Gov't (Cie.Generale Transatlantique, Paris).- French flag.
1952 BAR LE DUC, (Chargeurs Reunis, Paris)- French flag.
1954 ANDREA PARODI, Soc.per Azioni Emanuele V. Parodi, Genoa.- Italian flag
1960 ALBUR, Plamar S.A, Panama - Liberian flag (Olympic Maritime S.A, Monte Carlo)
1962 Saudena S.A, Uruguay de Nav.- Uruguayan flag (Agencia Rio de la Plata, Montevideo)
1965 (Flemar Ltd)
1969 Scrapped Shanghai.
William Pepper 02 08 5.43 1962 Scrapped Panama City
William Pepperell 10 09 6.43 1969 Scrapped Portland, Ore.
William Phips 09 09 4.43 Laid up Mobile
1970 Scrapped Panama City
William Pierce Frye 10 09 2.43 1943 WSA (Mystic SS Co, Boston)
29.3.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.610 in Atlantic at 56.56N 24.15W.
William Pitt Preble 09 15 11.43 See SAMRICH
William Prouse 14 10 7.43 1960 Scrapped Baltimore
William R. Cox (1) 02 08 12.43 See SAMTWEED
William R. Cox (2) 02 08 1.44 1944 TUSCANA (AKN3), US Navy
1946 WILLIAM R. COX, WSA laid up.
1967 Scrapped Wilmington, NC.
William R. Davie 11 08 7.42 Laid up Mobile
1972 Scrapped Panama City
William R. Day 02 17 3.43 1959 Scrapped Portland, Maine
William R. Lewis 17 11 12.44 1944 WSA (Black Diamond SS Corp, NY)
1946 WSA (Polarus SS Inc, NY)
1947 Polarus SS Co.Inc, NY.- US flag.
1950 POLARUS CARRIER, same owners.
1950 NORCUBA, North Atlantic & Gulf SS Co, NY.- US flag.
1954 EVICYNTHIA, San Emilio Cia.Nav, Panama.- Liberian flag (Starboard Shpg.Inc, NY)
1956 Rebuilt to 8,342 g.t.
1960 SPARTAN, Spartan Shpg.AE.Inc.- Greek flag (same managers)
1962 ELAINE, Doric Shpg & Tdg.Corp.- US flag (same managers)
1968 Scrapped Onomichi, Japan.
William R. Nelson 03 11 7.43 1943 NAOS (AK105), US Navy
1945 WILLIAM R. NELSON, WSA laid up Suisun Bay.
1971 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
William Rawle 02 19 8.42 Limited Troop Carrier.
1942 WSA (A.H.Bull & Co, NY)
1947 ARLYN, A. H. Bull & Co, NY.- US flag.
6.6.58 Aground Silver Bank, Dominican Republic, refloated and returned to San Juan but CTL and scrapped San Juan.
William S. Baer 02 08 7.44 1944 WSA (Marine Transport Lines, NY)
1947 PENNMAR, Calmar SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1955 Bethlehem Steel Corp.(Calmar SS Corp, NY)- US flag
1964 USMC, laid up James River.
1970 Scrapped Santander
William S. Clark 14 11 10.43 1943 WSA (American President Lines, San Francisco)
1947 PUNTA MESCO, Soc.Anon di Nav Unione, Genoa.- Italian flag.
1965 Scrapped Spezia,
William S. Halstead 02 09 3.43 Animal (Mule) Transport.
1943 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1946 WSA (Moore-McCormack Lines, NY)
1948 Laid up James River.
1951 OCEAN C, Ocean Transportation Co, NY.- US flag
1952 OCEAN LOTTE, Same owners.
1955 OCEAN NORA,(Maritime Overseas Corp, NY)
1957 ANDROS LEGEND, Colonial SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1957 Transmarine Navigation Inc.- Liberian flag (same managers)
1960 (Maritime Overseas Corp, NY)
1963 SAN REMO, Caroline Navigation Inc.- Liberian flag (Ceres Shipping Co, London)
1968 Scrapped Hirao.
William S. Ladd 12 10 9.43 1943 WSA (Weyerhaeuser SS Co, Tacoma)
10.12.44 Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze attack in Leyte Harbour, Philippines.
William S. Rosecrans 12 18 9.42 1942 WSA (American President Lines, San Francisco)
6.1.44 Mined and damaged in Gulf of Salerno at 40.10N 14.15E, wreck sunk by H.M.Ship
William S. Thayer 02 06 8.43 1943 WSA (A. L. Burbank & Co, NY)
30.4.44 Torpedoed and sunk by U.711 off Bear Island, Arctic Ocean.
William S. Young 03 11 2.43 Limited Troop Carrier
1943 WSA (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1946 French Gov't (Messageries Maritimes, Paris)- French flag.
1947 NANTES, same owners.
1960 TAJO, West African Carriers Corp, Lugano.- Liberian flag.
28.3.64 Grounded near Las Palmas after developing leaks - total loss.
William Schirmer 14 11 3.44 1969 Scrapped Kearny, NJ. 
William Sharon 13 18 10.43 1943 WSA (United Fruit Co, Boston)
1947 ARIS, Constantine Konialidis, Montevideo.- Honduras flag.
1948 CNOZA, Soc.Arm.Aristomenis Panama - Panamanian flag (Constantine Konialidis, Montevideo)
1948 Cia.Naviera Oceanica, Panama.- Panamanian flag (A. Lusi Ltd, London)
1950 CNOSA, same owners.
1954 Tramp Tankers Corp.- Liberian flag (Livanos Corp, NY)
1965 AETHALIA, Aethalia Shpg.Corp.- Liberian flag (Ocean Shipbrokerage Co, London)
1969 Scrapped Sakaide, Japan.
William Smallwood 02 08 9.43 See SAMPA
William Sproule 14 11 5.44 1944 WSA (De La Rama SS Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Pacific-Atlantic SS Co, Portland, Ore)
1951 CHRISTINE, Tini SS Co, Dover, Del.- US flag
1954 FELICIA, Ocean Enterprises.- Liberian flag (Carras Ltd, London)
1955 ALEXANDRA, same owners.
1956 MADISON BELL, Madison Shpg.Corp, Liberian flag (World Seas Shpg.Inc, NY)
1959 (Ocean Freighting & Brokerage Corp, NY)
1963 Scrapped Hirao.
William Strong 02 06 4.43 See ROALD AMUNDSEN
William Sturgis 09 09 8.43 1969 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
William T. Barry 11 08 6.43 Laid up Mobile
1975 Scuttled as artificial fish reef off Alabama coast.
William T. Coleman 08 11 11.42 Laid up James River.
1972 Scrapped Philadelphia
William T. Sherman 12 14 12.42 1942 WSA (Alaska SS Co, Seattle)
1947 COLMAR, French Gov't (Soc.Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais)- French flag.
1950 (Nouvelle Cie.Havraise Peninsulaire de Nav, Paris)
1960 (Soc.Navale Delmas-Vieljeux, Paris)
1971 Scrapped Gandia, Spain. 
William Terry Howell 16 08 1.45 1960 Scrapped Faslane
William Thornton 14 11 4.43 1943 WSA (American President Lines, San Francisco)
1946 WSA (Lykes Bros SS Co, New Orleans)
1951 WESTERN TRADER, Western Nav.Corp, NY.- US flag.
1956 WESTERN RANGER, Denton SS Corp.- US flag (North Atlantic Marine Co, NY)
1957 WANG RANGER, same owners.
1958 PACIFIC NAVIGATOR, Pacific Navigator Corp.- US flag (World Tramping Agencies, NY)
1960 EQUITABLE SAILOR, Equitable Shpg.Corp.- US flag (A.L.Burbank & Co, NY)
1960 BACKUS, Columbia Shpg.Corp.- US flag (same managers)
1961 AVRA, Marsuerte Cia.Nav, Panama.- Greek flag (Maritime Managers Co, NY)
1964 (Admanthos Shipping Agency, NY)
1966 DELFINI, Bristol SS Corp.- Panamanian flag (Cape Shipping Ltd, NY)
15.2.68 Aground near Osaka after breaking moorings in storm. Arrested by Japanese Gov't and refloated. Auctioned and 1969 scrapped Aioi.
William Tilghman 02 08 8.42 Laid up Puget Sound.
1970 Scrapped Tacoma
William Tyler 09 09 8.44 Laid up James River
1972 Scrapped Santander
William Tyler Page 02 09 6.43 1964 Scrapped Mobile
William Vaughn Moody 14 18 1.44 1969 Scrapped New Orleans
William W. Campbell 13 11 11.43 1943 WSA (American President Lines, San Francisco)
1947 NEDON, Livanos Maritime Co.- Greek flag (Livanos, Piraeus & London)
1949 Eugenie Maritime Co, Piraeus- Greek flag.
1952 (Maritime Brokers Ltd, NY)
1963 NEW KAILUNG, Kai Tai Marine Lines, Taipei- Nationalist Chinese flag.
1965 Taiwan flag- same owners.
1967 Scrapped Taiwan.
William W. Gerhard 02 19 5.43 1943 WSA (American South African Line, NY)
21.9.43 Torpedoed and sunk by U.593 off Salerno, Italy.
William W. Johnson 17 11 2.45 1945 WSA (W.J.Rountree Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Lykes Bros SS Co, New Orleans)
1949 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1951 SEAGARDEN, Peninsular nav.Corp, NY.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
17.4.61 Grounded off Tobago, refloated but CTL.
1961 Scrapped Bilbao.
William W. Loring 06 08 3.44 1962 Scrapped Baltimore 
William W. Mayo 14 11 6.43 1960 Scrapped Baltimore
William W. McKee 04 11 1.45 1945 WSA (Union Sulphur Co, NY)
1946 WSA (Cosmopolitan Shpg.Co, NY)
1948 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1951 SUNWAVE, Greenwave SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1952 SEAGLOBE, same owners.
1953 YPSILOU, Navegantes Cia.Arm.- Panamanian flag (same managers)
1957 ANDROS HEIGHTS, same owners.
1959 GEORGIA S.M, Maracay Cia.Nav, Panama.- Liberian flag (World Seas Shipping Inc, NY)
1964 Maradicta Cia.Nav, Panama.- Liberian flag (same managers)
1966 GRAND VIRTUE, Virtue Nav.Corp.- Taiwan flag (Orient Star Nav.orp, Taipei)
1968 Scrapped Taiwan.
William W. Seaton 16 08 1.45 1945 WSA (T.J.Stevenson & Co, NY)
1946 WSA (American Pacific SS Co, San Francisco)
1946 WSA (Alcoa SS Co, NY)
1946 Laid up Wilmington.
1951 SEAMERCHANT, Colonial SS Corp.- US flag.
1951 Transpacific Nav.Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg & Tdg Co, NY)
1953 MENITES, Nueva Granada Cia.Arm.- Panamanian flag (Goulandris Ltd, London)
1963 TEMPO, Universal Mariners S.A, Panamanian flag (Sincere Nav.Corp, Taipei)
30.5.66 Aground Kaohsiung in typhoon, CTL and scrapped.
William Wheelwright 04 02 6.44 Laid up Beaumont, Tex.
1973 Scrapped Brownsville, Tex.
William Whipple 14 11 8.42 1942 WSA (Ishmian SS Corp)
1958 Scrapped Baltimore
William Wilkins 17 08 3.43 1963 Scrapped Panama City
William Williams 14 11 9.42 1942 WSA (Isthmian SS Co, NY)
5.5.43 Torpedoed and damaged by Japanese submarine I.19 at 20.09S 178.04W, towed to Auckland.
1943 VENUS (AK135), US Navy
1946 VENUS, WSA.
1961 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
William Windom 13 11 1.43 1964 Scrapped New Orleans
William Winter 03 11 11.43 Tanker
1943 ELK (IX 115), US Navy
1946 WILLIAM WINTER, WSA laid up James River.
1949 Maris Transportation System.- US flag (T.J.Stevenson & Co, NY)
1949 USMC, laid up.
1951 SEAPEARL, Colonial SS Corp.- US flag (Orion Shpg.& Tdg.Co, NY)
1952 Montepardo Cia.Arm.- Panamanian flag (same managers)
1953 KORTHI, same owners.
1954 Converted to 7,252 g.t. dry cargo ship.
1956 Rebuilt to 8,390 g.t. ore carrier.
1956 same owners - Liberian flag.
1957 ANDROS COUNTY, same owners.
1960 KALAMAS, Oceanic Development Corp.- Greek flag (same managers).
3.9.60 Ashore near Cape Arago, Oregon. Refloated, towed to Coos Bay and discharged. CTL.
1962 Scrapped Oakland, Cal. 
William Wirt 02 19 7.42 1942 WSA (International Freighting Corp, NY)
1966 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
William Wolfskill 03 11 12.43 1943 WSA (Union Sulphur Co, NY)
1947 LELY, Netherlands Gov't.- Dutch flag.
1947 ALDERAMIN, (Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co, Rotterdam)- Dutch flag.
1958 APATOURIA, Apatouria Shpg.Corp.- Liberian flag (Goulandris Ltd, London)
1962 (Wigham Richardson & Co, London)
1968 Somali flag, same owners.
1971 Scrapped Santander.
Willie Jones 11 08 2.43 1968 reported US Navy, presumed sunk as target ship.
Willis C. Hawley 12 10 7.43 See STALINABAD
Willis J. Abbott 02 08 12.43 See SAMBOSTON
Willis Van Devanter 03 11 7.42 1967 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
Wilson B. Keene 10 19 10.44 16.4.47 Wrecked in Texas City docks explosion .
Wilson P. Hunt 12 10 6.43 1964 Scrapped Oakland, Cal.
Winfield S. Stratton 13 10 8.43 Laid up James River
1970 Scrapped Spezia
Winfield Scott 17 08 6.42 1966 Scrapped New Orleans
Winfred L. Smith 02 08 4.43 1959 Scrapped Portland, Maine.
Winslow Homer 09 06 12.42 Laid up Puget Sound
1970 Scrapped Seattle
Winthrop L. Marvin 09 08 11.44 1944 WSA (Isthmian SS Co, NY)
1951 JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS, MarTrade Corp.- US flag.
1951 Martis SS Corp.- US flag (Mar-Trade Corp, NY)
1958 (Cargo & Tankship Management Corp, NY)
1960 PRINCIE, Pan Norse SS Co.- Panamanian flag (Wallem & Co, Hong Kong)
1963 LOYAL BREAKERS, Peggy Nav.Co, Panama- Liberian flag (China Marine Investment Co, Hong Kong)
1967 PACMERCHANT, owned by Taiwan breakers.
1967 Scrapped Taiwan.
Woodbridge N. Ferris 02 08 1.43 1965 TWIN HARBORS OF ABERDEEN, Twin Harbors Stevedoring Co, Aberdeen, Wash. Floating crane ship at Grays Harbor, Wash.
Woodrow Wilson 11 08 3.43 1960 Scrapped Philadelphia
Wyatt Earp 03 11 8.43 1943 CAELUM (AK106), US Navy
1946 WYATT EARP, WSA laid up.
1961 Scrapped Everett, Wash.
Wynn Seale 17 11 7.44 1964 ZIDELL'S DELIGHT, converted to floating crane barge at Zidell's Shipbreaking yard, Portland, Ore. 





Liberty - Z



Zachary Taylor 14 11 4.42 1961 Scrapped Staten Island, NY.
Zane Gray 03 11 1.43 Laid up James River.
1974 Scuttled as artificial fish reef near Oregon Inlet, NC.
Zaniah 17 10 11.43 See ANTHONY F. LUCAS
Zaurak 17 13 11.43 See HUGH YOUNG
Zebulon B. Vance 11 07 2.42 1943 JOHN J. MEANY, US Army hospital ship.
1946 ZEBULON B. VANCE, converted for transport of war brides, dependants, etc., later laid up James River.
1970 Scrapped Spezia
Zebulon Pike 03 11 5.42 1961 Scrapped Panama City
Zona Gale 03 18 7.43 1964 Scrapped Kearny, NJ.
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