WSA Awards War Service Flags to 107 Operators of American Flag Ships During World War II

War Shipping Administration Press Release No. 2029, September 24, 1944

In a nation wide celebration of Victory Fleet Day, September 27, 1944, the War Shipping Administration will present War Service Flags to the 107 shipping companies which operate the Victory Fleet of more than 3,400 American flag ships.

American operators who have been under contract to WSA as general agents or on time charter agreements not less than six months will receive in addition a War Service Certificate stating their eligibility to fly the WSA flag on ships under their control.

The WSA pennant is made up with two horizontal bars of red separated by a bar of white. A large, dark blue circle with the letters, WSA in white is superimposed on the three bars at the staff end of the pennant. Stars of the same dark blue will be imposed on the white bar to indicate the number of American flag ships operated by the shipping company, as follows:

No. Vessels Assigned

 Stars
75 - 100 Vessels 4 Stars
51- 75 Vessels 3 Stars
26- 50 Vessels 2 Stars
5- 25 Vessels 1 Star

The War Service Certificates bear a message of "recognition of meritorious service to the United States of America in time of war" signed by Vice Admiral E. S. Land, Administrator of War Shipping. Appropriate ceremonies are planned in cities where shipping companies have their home offices, with WSA officials making presentations of the flags.

Shipping Companies Operating Dry Cargo Vessels

 

4 Star Companies  
American Export Lines, Inc. New York City
American Hawaiian SS Co. New York City
American President Lines San Francisco
Grace Line Inc. New York City
Isthmian SS Co. New York City
Lykes Bros. SS Co., Inc. New Orleans
Matson Navigation Co. San Francisco
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. New York City
United Fruit Co. Boston
United States Lines Co. New York City
Waterman SS Corp. Mobile AL

 

3 Star Companies  
Agwilines, Inc. New York City
Alaska SS Co. Seattle
Alcoa SS Co. New York City
American Mail Line Seattle
American So. African Line, Inc. New York City
A. H. Bull & Co., Inc. New York City
Luckenbach SS Co., Inc. New York City
Marine Transport Lines, Inc. New York City
Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc. New Orleans
McCormick SS Co., Division of Pope & Talbot, Inc. San Francisco
Pacific Atlantic SS Co. Vancouver
Seas Shipping Co. New York City
South Atlantic SS Lines Savannah
Weyerhaeuser SS Co. Newark

 

2 Star Companies  
American W. African Line, Inc. New York City
Black Diamond SS Corp. New York City
Calmar SS Corp. New York City
Coastwise (PFE) Line San Francisco
International Freighting Corp., Inc. New York City
Mystic Steamship Division, Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates Boston
Sprague Steamship Company Boston
Sudden & Christenson San Francisco
J. H. Winchester Co., Inc. New York City

 

1 Star Companies  
Alaska Packers Association San Francisco
Alaska Transportation Co. Seattle
American Foreign SS Corp. New York City
American Range-Liberty Lines, Inc. New York City
Blidberg Rothchild New York City
Boland & Cornelius Buffalo
A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd. New York City
Burns Steamship Company Los Angeles
W. P. Chamberlin & Co. San Francisco
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc. New York City
De La Rama Steamship Co., Inc. New York City
Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. Norfolk
Eastern SS Lines, Inc. Boston
Fall River Navigation Co. Fall River MA
General Steamship Corporation San Francisco
James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. Seattle
Hammond Shipping Co., Ltd. San Francisco
Isbrandtsen Co., Inc. New York City
Interocean Steamship Corp. San Francisco
Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. Baltimore
R. A. Nicol & Co., Inc. New York City
North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co. New York City
Northland Transportation Co. Seattle
Norton Lilly Management Corp. New York City
Oliver J. Olson & Co., Inc. San Francisco
Olympic Steamship Co., Inc. Seattle
Ore Steamship Corp. New York City
Overlakes Freight Corp. New York City
Parry Navigation Co., Inc. New York City
Pocahontas Steamship Co., Inc. New York City
Polarus Steamship Co. New York City
Prudential Steamship Corp. New York City
William J. Rountree Co., Inc. New York City
Shepard Steamship Co. Boston
Smith & Johnson New York City
Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. New Orleans
States Marine Corp. New York City
T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc. New York City
Stockard Steamship Corp. New York City
M & J Tracy, Inc. New York City
U.S. Navigation Co., Inc. New York City
Union Sulphur Co., Inc. New York City
Wessel, Duval & Co. . New York City
WestIndia Steamship Op. New York City
Wilmore Steamship Co., Inc. Boston

Shipping Companies Operating Tankers

4 Star Companies  
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey New York City

 

3 Star Companies  
Pacific Tankers, Inc. San Francisco
War Emergency Tankers New York City

 

2 Star Companies  
Deconhil Shipping Co. San Francisco
Gulf Oil Corp. New York City
Keystone Shipping Co. Philadelphia
Los Angeles Tanker Operators Los Angeles
Socony Vacuum Oil Co. New York City
The Texas Company New York City

 

1 Star Companies  
American Petroleum Transport Corp. New York City
American Republics Corp. Houston TX
American Trading & Production Corp. New York City
Atlantic Refining Co. Philadelphia
Barber Asphalt Corp. New York City
Bernuth-Lembcke Co. New York City
Cities Service Oil Co. New York City
National Bulk Carriers New York City
Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co. New York City
Richfield Oil Corp. Los Angeles
Sabine Transportation Co. Port Arthur, TX
Sieling & Jarvis New York City
Sinclair Refining Co. New York City
Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. New York City
Standard Oil Co. of Calif. San Francisco
Sun Oil Co. Philadelphia
Tankers Company New York City
Tidewater Associated Oil Co. New York City
Union Oil Co. Los Angeles

 

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