Marine Transport Line

Marine Transport Line

Founded	1942
Successor	Marine Transport Corporation and Crowley Maritime
Headquarters	New York, New York, North Charleston, South Carolina
Area served	Cargo Worldwide
Parent	C.D. Mallory & Company

Marine Transport Line (MTL) of New York, New York was a commercial steamship service started to support the needs of support charter shipping for the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration during World War 2. During wartime the Marine Transport Line operated Victory ships, and also a few other ships. After the war it moved to operating mostly tanker ships. ^[1][2][3][4] Marine Transport Line Inc. made headline news with the sinking of the SS Marine Electric in 1983, an enlarged World War 2 tanker. ^[5][6][7][8]

World War II

World War II Victory ship

Operated during World War II:

• SS E. Kirby Smith
• SS Harvey Cushing
• SS Adelphi Victory^[9]
• SS Alcedo (freighter sank, torpedoed February 28, 1945)^[10]
• SS Battle Creek Victory
• SS Black River (tanker)
• SS Chapel Hill Victory
• MV Halma (sank hit mine 1942)
• SS Howell E. Jackson
• SS Malchace^[11]
• SS Medina Victory
• SS Panama Victory
• MV Sheherazade (attacked and sank 1942)
• SS Trinidad Victory
• SS Trinity Victory
• SS Wheaton Victory
• SS Winthrop Victory

Korean War

• 16 tankers ^[12]
• USNS Paoli (T-AO-157)

Post War

• Kentucky
• Marine Union
• SS Marine Electric, ex Musgrove Mills, Gulfmills, Jumboized T2-SE-A1 Tanker 1961 (Foundered on 12 February 1983)
• Nagano, Bulk carrier 1963
• Oswego Courage (1973)

References

1. "House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: M". www.crwflags.com.
2. Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, by Colin Stewart, 1953
3. U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Directorate of Naval Communications (1952). U.S. Naval Flags and Pennants: Description, Uses and Customs DNC 27, Edition. Washington: U S. Government Printing Office.
4. "MARINE TRANSPORT LINES, INC., North Charleston, South Carolina, SC 29405-2424". www.southcarolinabids.us.
5. Zilnicki, Corinne (2019-02-11). "Marine Electric: The Wreck that Changed the Coast Guard Forever". maritime-executive.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
6. A firsthand account of the wreck by Bob Cusick, one of the surviving crew members
7. Archive of T2 Tankers
8. Distress radio traffic, 500 kHz from SS Marine Electric, call sign WOOH, SOS as recorded at USCG COMMSTA BOSTON / NMF on February 12, 1983.
9. "vicshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
10. "Panamanian and Hunduras ships". www.armed-guard.com.
11. "Malchace". uboat.net. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
12. Seafairs Log, June 26, 1953, page 6