Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, also called the Cosmopolitan Line, was founded in 1916 in

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. Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated cargo and passenger service from New York City to

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and

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. From 1919 to 1939 operated

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ships under a

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contract, called the America-France Line. Later Cosmopolitan Shipping Company also operated the Southern Cross Line that served the east coast of

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. Southern Cross Line operated cargo ship with some passenger accommodations. In 1939 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the America-France Line contract to Southgate Nelson Corporation. Southgate Nelson Corporation operated the Oriole Line and Hampton Roads-Yankee Line. In 1939 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company lost the Southern Cross Line to Westfal-Larsen & Company. Westfal-Larsen & Company also operated the Interocean Line and County Line. During

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Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated Merchant navy ships for the

. During World War II Cosmopolitan Shipping Company was active with charter shipping with the

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and

War Shipping Administration The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war. Both shipbuilding under the Maritime C ...

. Cosmopolitan Shipping Company operated

Liberty ship Liberty ships were a ship class, class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost cons ...

s for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Cosmopolitan Shipping Company crew and the

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supplied

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s to man the deck guns and radio. Granville Conway (1898–1969) departed the War Shipping Administration to head the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company in 1947. Post war Cosmopolitan Shipping Company chartered

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ships, rather American. In 1982 Cosmopolitan Shipping Company exited the shipping market. SS West Eldara after launch

Ships

* Ships: ** Heron's Bridge, T2-SE-A1 tanker ** Eastern Crag ** Olen, torpedo sank in 1941 ** West Hematite, torpedo sank in 1942 as SS Irish Pine ** SS West Eldara ** West Arrow, later called SS Black Osprey torpedoed and sunk in 1941 ** Schodack, 1919 cargo, later called SS Alcoa Leader ** Halma, was sunk presumably by a mine off

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July 1943 ** Collamer, U-Boat sank in 1942 ** William W. McKee * Norwegian ships: ** Heina ** Lista ** Ronda ** Hørda * World War II ships: ** SS Barren Hill

T2 Tanker The T2 tanker, or T2, was a class of oil tanker constructed and produced in large numbers in the United States during World War II. Only the T3 tankers were larger "navy oilers" of the period. Some 533 T2s were built between 1940 and the end of 1 ...

** SS Horace H. Lurton ** Donald W. Bain ** Hilary A. Herbert ** Henry L. Benning ** Frederick W. Wood ** Wilson Victory ** Thomas W. Murray ** Edward B. Haines ** Mary Lyon ** John W. Powell ** Robert Battey *

SS Junius Smith SS ''Junius Smith'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Junius Smith, an American lawyer that founded the British and American Steam Navigation Company, who is often considered the "Father of t ...

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