Blidberg Rothchild Company
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Freight transport, shipping |
| Founded | 1920 in New York City |
| Fate | closed 1970s |
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Blidberg Rothchild Company was a shipping company founded by Allan Blidberg and Sylvester Rothschild in
New Haven Railroad company.[1]
World War II
During World War II Blidberg Rothchild Company operated
Ships
Ships operated by Blidberg Rothchild Company:
- Eastport, built by the Germans in 1937 [4]
- Opie Read, a ET1-S-C3 tanker. An Armadillo-class tanker.[5]
- Liberty ships:
- R. P. Warner[6]
- SS Roy James Cole[6]
- SS William P. Duval[7]
- Simon Benson [8]
- U.S.O.[9]
- Joseph-Augustin Chevalier[10]
- SS Julius Rosenwald[10]
- SS A. J. Cermak
- SS William Cox
- Lawrence J. Brengle[11]
- Lee S. Overman, mined and sunk off Le Havre, France on November 12, 1944.[11]
- Brandon Victory[12]
- Walter Frederick Kraft[13]
- William Cox[13]
- Bert Williams[14]
- Andrew W. Preston[15]
- George S. Boutwell[16]
- Elijah Kellogg, stranded outside Karachi harbor, broke in two and sank on June 27, 1952.[17]
- Harry Kirby[18]
- Francis A. Retka[19]
- SS John W. Griffiths[20]
- James B. Aswell[21]
- Victory ships:
- Hood Victory, a troopship.[22]
- Wellesley Victory[23]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships.
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- ^ Steamboats on Long Island Sound by Norman J. Brouwer, page 90
- ^ "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]
- ^ NY Times, Eastport Line Takes Over German Ship Converted by Todd far Freight Service, Sept. 21, 1947
- ^ "Opie Read". www.aukevisser.nl.
- ^ a b "LibShipsR". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsZ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsSam". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ a b "LibShipsJon". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ a b "LibShipsL". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "vicshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ a b "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsE". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsF". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "LibShipsJ". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "vicshipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
- ^ "vicshipsT". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
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