Norton Lilly International, was founded as Norton Lilly & Company in 1841 in New York City by John Norton Jr., In 1834, John Norton, Jr. moved to New York in 1834, he was born in

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in 1816. John Norton, Jr. John Norton, Jr. shipping experience started in 1840 when he became a partner in Russell & Norton, a shipping agency for with routes from

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to the

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. The ship operated out of

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and in 1851 added an

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route to the line. In 1854 John Norton Jr., and his son, Edward N. Norton, opened his own shipping agency, Norton & Company and became the manager of the

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''Sea Flower '', which operated out of

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. Norton and son expanded and added a

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route with packet sailing ships. John Norton Jr. second son Augustus Norton joined the firm in 1878. Augustus Norton died on October 17, 1889, and a year later John Norton Jr. died on October 30, 1890. Edward N. Norton continued to run Russell & Norton, but in 1907, add a partner Joseph Thomas Lilly. With the new partnership, the firm was renamed Norton Lilly & Company. Norton Lilly & Company supported both the

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and

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efforts.

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Norton Lilly & Company partnered with other companies in 2002. Norton Lilly & Company partnership is with Strachan Shipping Agency, Nortec Canada and Norton Lilly Panama and Ker Norton Marine. Norton Lilly International operates logistics, for

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shipping, tanker (gas and oil),

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s, and

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s to over 70 ports worldwide. Norton Lilly International has offices in: *USA: **Baltimore, Boston, Brunswick, Charleston, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Miami, New York - New Jersey (Port Elizabeth), Norfolk, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Providence, RI, Savannah, Wilmington, DE, Wilmington, NC, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Cut Off, LA, Freeport, Houston, Lake Charles, Mobile, New Orleans, Saint Rose, Tampa, Long Beach - Los Angeles, Port Hueneme, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco - Oakland, Seattle, Stockton, and Tacoma. *Canada: **Montreal, Stephenville, Halifax, and Vancouver *Caribbean: **San Juan, Panama City/Balboa, Bridgetown, St. Croix, Trinidad, *Mexico: **Mexico City, Veracruz, Altamira / Tampico, Coatzacoalcos (Pajaritos Terminal), Tuxpan, Mazanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada / Rosarito, Progreso, and Altamaritima, *Pacific: **Guam, Saipan, and Honolulu. *Panama: **Panama City - Balboa, and Cristobal

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Norton Lilly & Company fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Norton Lilly & Company's Norton Lilly Management Corp. operated Merchant navy ships for the

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. During World War II Norton Lilly & 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 ...

. Norton Lilly & Company operated

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s for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Norton Lilly & Company crew and the

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supplied

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s to man the deck guns and radio.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, M

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World War II Ships

Liberty ships operated: * Nachman Syrkin * Laurence J. Gallagher *

SS Harold Dossett SS ''Harold Dossett'' was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harold Dossett, who was lost at sea while he was a messman on , after she was torpedoed by , on 23 May 1942, off Cuba. Construction ' ...

* Henry Bergh 31.5.44 Ashore in fog Farallon Island, Calif. Broke in two - total loss. * SS Donald W. Bain * SS Melville E. Stone on Nov. 24, 1943 was torpedoed and sunk by U-516 south of

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* John Colter * Thomas Condon * William H. Moody * Clyde Austin Dunning * Samdon * Sameveron **Other: * War Drake **Post war Liberty ships: * Joel Chandler Harris

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World War II Ships

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