Merchant Ships Used in the Korean War

PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRAISES MERCHANT MARINE

A "WELL DONE" has been signaled by President Truman to the American Merchant Marine for its outstanding support of the United Nations forces in Korea, while at the same time continuing to perform its normal task of moving the nation's commerce, Hugh Gallagher, National President of the Propeller Club of the United States, disclosed.

Mr. Gallagher said the President, in a letter saluting the club's silver jubilee convention and the eighteenth annual Merchant Marine Conference, asserted that all segments of maritime labor and management could well be proud of the accomplishments of the nation's merchant fleet, both in its defense and normal pursuits.

President Truman declared that the American Merchant Marine has played an important role in the maintenance of the American way of life and also in bulwarking the anti-Communist defenses of freedom-loving nations everywhere. He pointed out that support for the Allied forces in Korea had not interfered with the movement of mountains of foreign aid goods to friendly nations in other parts of the world, nor with the merchant fleet's year-round task of transporting the export products of our farms and industries.

In his letter to Mr. Gallagher the President termed this year's theme, which was "The American Merchant Marine --- Indispensable to Our Freedom," particularly fitting in view of pressures being exerted against our freedom. He also expressed hope that the conference would deal with ways whereby we can preserve this freedom.

MAST Magazine, November, 1951

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The following list from the "Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual", U.S. Navy 1956, lists Merchant ships which were in the war zone during the Korean War. Presence in the War zone during specified dates entitled mariners to the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Service Medal.

Ships not listed in the above book which have been added to the list by our readers are listed in Bold-faced Type.

*Asterisk denotes foreign-flag ship.
**Ships marked with double asterisk were Korean Flag and crew but with American Captain, Chief Engineer and Radio Officer who were on board these vessels instructing the Koreans when the war started.
***In 1949, prior to the start of the Korean War, Captain Al Meschter and Chief Engineer Albert C. Willis were assigned to the SS Kimball R. Smith to train the Korean crew. This was one of the five "Baltic Coaster" class ships loaned to South Korea by the U.S. Govt. While Meschter and Willis were on the ship, the Korean crew mutinied and took the ship to a North Korean port where Meschter and Willis were interned for eighty-one days before being released to Ambassador Muccio at the 38th Parallel. SS Kimball R. Smith used by NORTH Koreans during the War.

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Acorn Knot
Adelphia Victory
Admiral Dewey
Adrian Victory
Afoundria
African Glade
African Grooe
African Moon
African Patriot
African Pilgrim
African Pilot
African Rainbow
African Star
Aiken Victory
Alamo Victory
Alaskan
Albion Victory
Alfred Victory
Allegheny Victory
Alma Victory
Amarillo Victory
American
American Attorney
American Eagle
American Press
American Veteran
American Victory
Amerocean
Amersea
Amos G. Throop
Ampac Idaho
Ampac Nevada
Ampac Oregon
Anacostia
Angus Glenn*
Angus McDonald
Anne Butler
Annie C.
Annioc
Anniston Victory
Apollo
Arcadia Victory
Argovan*
Arizpa
Asbury Victory
Atlantic Water
Atlanticus
Audrey II
Augustine Daly

B. T. Irvine
Badger Mariner
Barbara Fritchie
Barbara Lykes
Barenfels*
Barnard Victory
Barney Krishbaum
Bartlesville Victory
Baton Rouge Victory
Baylor Victory
Beatrice Victory
Beauregard
Beaver Victory
Bedford Victory
Belgium Victory
Belocean*
Beloit Victory
Benjamin Hawkins
Berea Victory
Bessemer Victory
Binghampton Victory
Black Eagle
Bloomington Victory
Blue Cross State
Blue Field Victory
Blue Island Victory
Blue Star
Booker T. Washington
Boulder Victory
Bowdoin Victory
Boy
Brainerd Victory
Brazil Victory
Brigham Victory
Bright Star
Britain Victory
Buckeye Mariner
Bucknell Victory
Bucyrus Victory
Burbank Victory
Burco Trader

C.C.N.Y. Victory
Cache
Cahaba
California
California Bear
Californian
Canada Mail
Caney
Canton Victory
Cape Comfort
Cape Elizabeth
Cape Saunders
Capt. N. B. Palmer
Carlton Victory
Carroll Victory
Catawba Victory
Catherine Goulandris
Cecil N. Bean
Cedar Creek
Central Victory
Chain Trader
Charles Lykes
Charles M. Conrad
Charles McNary
Charles Winsor**
Chepacket
China Victory
Choctau
Christain
Christine
Christos M.
Citrus Packer
City of Alma
Clarksburg Victory
Clarksville Victory
Clearwater Victory
Clove Hitch
Clovis Victory
Coastal Sentry
Codington
Coe Victory
Coeur d'Alene Victory
Cohocton
Columbia Trader
Compass
Constitution State
Cooper Union Victory
Coral Sea
Cornell Victory
Cornhusker Mariner
Cossatot
Cotton Mariner
Cotton State
Council Bluffs Victory
Cowanesque
Creighton Victory
Cuba Victory

David B. Johnson
David W. Field
De Pauw Victory
Del Aires
Del Alba
Denise
Diamond Mariner
Digby County
Ditto
Dolly Turman
Dorothy Stevenson
Drury Victory
Dudley Thomas
Duke Victory
Durango Victory

Earlham Victory
East Point Victory
Edison Mariner
Edwin Markhan
Eileen
Elby
Elko Victory
Elly
Elmira Victory
Empire Marshall*
Empire State Mariner
Empire Viceroy
Empire Wallace*
Enid Victory
Escambia
Escanaba Victory
Ethiopia Victory
Eugenie
Exmouth

Fairhope
Federal Voyager
Ferdinand Westfall
Flora C.
Frederic C. Collins
Frederick Brouchard
Frederick Collin
Frederick E. Williamson
Free State Mariner
Fribourg Trader
Frontenac Victory
Furman Victory

Gainsville Victory
Gen. George Patton
George A. Lawson
George Culuaunds
George Eastman
George F. Duval
Golden City
Golden Mariner
Great Falls Victory
Greece Victory
Greeley Victory
Green Bay Victory
Green Harbor
Green Star
Green Valley
Gretna Victory
Grinnell Victory
Groton Trails
Gulf Water

Halalua Victory
Hamilton Victory
Hannibal Victory
Harold Andrews
Harold D. Whitehead
Harold L. Winslow
Harpoon
Harvard Victory
Hattiesburg Victory
Hawaii Bear
Hawaiian
Hawkeye Mariner
Helen Lykes
Helen Stevenson
Hendry D. Lindsley
Heywood Brown
Hibbing Victory
High Point Victory
Hobart Victory
Holy Star
Honda Knot
Hongkong Transport
Hoosier Mariner
Hoosier State
Hope Victory
Hunter Victory
Hurricane

Ike (former Sea Daring)
Iran Victory
Irene Star
Isaac Van Zandt
Israel Putnam

James B. Weaver
James H. Couper
James H. Price
James McHenry
Jefferson City Victory
Jelandside
Jericho Victory
John B. Whidden**
John Ball
John C.
John H. B. Lathrobe
John H. Marion
John Hanson
John Howland
John Kulkundis
John L. Sullivan
John Lyras
John Paul Jones
John T. McMillan
John W. McKay
John W. Powell
Joliet Victory
Joplin Victory
Jose Marti
Joseph Feuer
Joseph Lee
Joseph Priestly
Josuah Slocum
Jumper Hitch

Katharine B. Sherwood
Kelso Victory
Kenneth Stevenson
Kenyon Victory
Kern
Keystone Mariner
***Kimball R. Smith
Knox Victory

Lafayette
Lafayette Victory
Lahaina Victory
Lake Minnewanka
Lake Pennask
Lakeland Victory
Lakeside*
Lakewood Victory
Lane Victory
Laredo Victory
Lawrence Victory
Letitia Lykes
Lewis H. Emory Jr.
Liberty Bell
Liberty Flag
Lilica
Linfield Victory
Lipari
Loma Victory
Lone Star Mariner
Longview Victory
Loyola Victory
Lucille Bloomfield
Lumber Carrier
Lumberman*
Luxembourg Victory
Lynn Victory

M. E. Comerford
Macalester Victory
Madaket
Malden Victory
Manderson Victory
Mankato Victory
Marine Snapper
Mariner
Marquette Victory
Marshfield Victory
Martin Behrman
Marven
Mary Adams
Mary J. Goulandris
Mascoma
Massillon Victory
Mayfield Victory
Meredith Victory
Meridian Victory
Michael J. Goulandris
Michael Moran
Millicoma
Minot Victory
Mission Buenaventura
Mission Capistrano
Mission Carmel
Mission De Pala
Mission Dolores
Mission Loreto
Mission Los Angeles
Mission Purisima
Mission San Antonio
Mission San Carlos
Mission San Diego
Mission San Fernando
Mission San Francisco
Mission San Gabriel
Mission San Jose
Mission San Juan
Mission San Luis Obispo
Mission San Miguel
Mission San Rafael
Mission Santa Ana
Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Cruz
Mission Solano
Mission Soledad
Mohawk
Mohican
Monroe Victory
Morgantown Victory
Mormacdale
Mormacelm
Mormacmar
Mormacmoon
Mormacpine
Mormacport
Mormacrio
Mormacson
Mormacspruce
Mormactide
Mormacwave
Morning Light
Mother M. L.
Mountain Mariner
Muhlenberg Victory
Muir Woods

Nashua Victory
Nat Brown **
Nathaniel Crosley
Navajo Victory
Neptunes
Nevadan
New Rochelle Victory
New World Victory
New Zealand Victory
Newaden
Newcastle Victory
Niantic Victory
Nicholas C. H.
Nigel
Noon Day
Norcuba
North Heaven
North Light
North Pilot (former Westchester)
North Platte Victory
North Sky
Northport
Norwalk Victory
Norwich Victory
Nutmeg Mariner

Oberlin Victory
Ocala Victory
Occidental Victory
Ocean Betty
Ocean Lotte
Ocean Navigator
Ocean Seaman
Ocean Skipper
Ocean Star
Ocean Victory
Ocean Villa
Oceanic
Ocklawaha
Old Colony Mariner
Old Dominion Mariner
Old Dominion State
Olympic Pioneer
Omega
Ontonagon
Oregon Trader
Oregonian
Oshkosh Victory

P & T Explorer
P & T Navigator
P & T Pathfinder
Pacific Victory
Paducah Victory
Palmetto Mariner
Pamanset
Pan American Victory
Park Benjamin
Pecos
Pegor
Pelegia (former Sea World)
Pelican Mariner
Petaluma
Peter Del II*
Pierre Victory
Pine Tree Mariner
Pioneer Dale
Pioneer Valley
Piscataqua
Plymouth Victory
Portland Trader
Prairie Mariner
President Harrison
Princeton Victory
Provo Victory
Purdue Victory
Purple Star

Queens Victory

Ragnor Naess (former Sea Pender)
Red Oak Victory
Reef Knot
Rheinholt (Norwegian flag)
Rice Victory
Richard H. Davis
Rider Victory
Rincon
Robert B. Forbes
Robert G. Ingersoll
Robin Goodfellow
Robin Gray
Robin Hood
Robin Kirk
Robin Mowbray
Robin Trent
Rock Springs Victory
Rose Knot
Rutgers Victory

Sailor's Splice
San Mateo Victory
Santa Clara Victory
Santa Venetia
Sappa Creek
Sapulpa Victory
Saugatuck
Saxon
Schuyler
Schuyler Otis Bland
Schuylkill
Sea Bon
Sea Champion
Sea Cliff
Sea Comet II
Sea Coral
Sea Coronet
Sea Daring
Sea Faith
Sea Fort
Sea Garden
Sea Gate
Sea Glamor
Sea Glider
Sea Globe
Sea Herald
Sea Leader
Sea Legend
Sea Life
Sea Manor
Sea Merchant
Sea Merit (former Simon Benson)
Sea Monitor
Sea Mystery
Sea Pender
Sea Ranger
Sea Splendor
Sea Star
Sea Victory
Sea Wind
Sea World
Seaborne
Seaborne
Sebec
Selma Victory
Seton Hall Victory
Sharon Victory
Shawnee Trail
Shinecock Bay
Simmons Victory
Sioux Falls Victory
Soubarissen
South Bend Victory
Southwestern Victory
St. Augustine Victory
Stathes Yamaglias*
Stock Star
Suamico
Sue Lykes
Sunion
Susquehanna
Swarthmore Victory
Sword Knot

Tabitha Brown
Taddei
Tainaron
Tallulah
Tamalpais
Tar Heel Mariner
Texan
Thunderbird
Timber Hitch
Tomahawk
Towanda Victory
Transamerican
Transatlantic
Transoceanic
Transpacific
Transunion
Trinity Victory
Trojan Trader
Tucson Victory
Tulane Victory
Tuskegee Victory
Twin Falls Victory

Union Victory
USO Victory

Valdosta Victory
Vanderbilt Victory
Vercharmain*
Virginia City Victory
Volunteer Mariner

Wabash
Wake Forest Victory
Walcosta
Walter F. Perry
Waltham Victory
Walton*
Warrior
Warwick Victory
Wellesley Victory
Wesleyan Victory
West Linn Victory
Westchester
Western Ocean
Western Rancher
Western Trader
Westport
William Carruth
William Clagatate
William Coddington
William Eaton
William F. Lester**
William McLean
William Wilmer
Wolverine Mariner
Woodstock Victory

Xavier Victory

Yankee Pioneer
Yugoslavia Victory

List of MSTS ships under the control of the Military Sea Transportation Service which served in the Korean War.

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