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Type C4-class ship, the Glossary

The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II.^[1]

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Troop ships of the War Shipping Administration

Agwilines Inc

Agwilines Inc was a passenger and cargo shipping company of New York City.

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American Mail Line

American Mail Line of Seattle, Washington was a commercial steamship service with routes to and from Seattle, Washington and the Far East.

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Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults, and to provide naval gunfire support during those assaults.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard

Maryland Steel, in Sparrows Point, Maryland, US, was founded in 1887.

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Bethlehem Steel

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Breakbulk cargo

In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, is goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units.

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Chester, Pennsylvania

Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Hog Islander

Hog Islanders is the slang for ships built to Emergency Fleet Corporation designs number 1022 and 1024. Type C4-class ship and Hog Islander are ship types.

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James River, Reserve Fleet

The James River Reserve Fleet (JRRF) is located on the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia at near Fort Eustis.

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Kaiser Shipyards

The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the United States west coast during World War II.

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Lake freighter

Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels operating on the Great Lakes of North America. Type C4-class ship and lake freighter are ship types.

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Liberty ship

Liberty ships were a class of cargo ship built in the United States during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Type C4-class ship and Liberty ship are ship types.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Military Sealift Command

The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy.

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Operation Magic Carpet

Operation Magic Carpet was the post-World War II operation by the U.S. War Shipping Administration (WSA) to repatriate over eight million American military personnel from the European, Pacific, and Asian theaters.

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Pacific Far East Line

Pacific Far East Line, also called PFEL in short, was a passenger and cargo shipping line founded in 1943 by Thomas E. Cuffe, in San Francisco, California.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Port Said

Port Said (Bōrsaʿīd) is a city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal.

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Prudential Steamship Corporation

Prudential Steamship Corporation was a shipping company founded in 1933 in New York City by Stephan Stephanidis.

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Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Seagoing cowboys

Seagoing cowboys is a term used for men and ships used from 1945 to 1947 for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Brethren Service Committee of the Church of the Brethren that sent livestock to war-torn countries.

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Sparrows Point, Maryland

Sparrows Point is an industrial area in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Edgemere.

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SS Aquarama

SS Aquarama was built as Marine Star, one of five breakbulk cargo ships of the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) type C4-S-B5 having that C4 design variant.

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Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.

Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company (1917–1989) was a major shipbuilding company in Chester, Pennsylvania on the Delaware River.

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T1 tanker

The T1 tanker or T1 are a class of sea worthy small tanker ships used to transport fuel oil before and during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. Type C4-class ship and t1 tanker are ship types.

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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. Type C4-class ship and t2 tanker are ship types.

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T3 tanker

The T3 tanker, or T3, are a class of seaworthy large tanker ships produced in the United States and used to transport fuel oil, gasoline or diesel before and during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Type C4-class ship and t3 tanker are ship types.

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The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news.

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Tracking ship

A tracking ship, also called a missile range instrumentation ship or range ship, is a ship equipped with antennas and electronics to support the launching and tracking of missiles and rockets. Type C4-class ship and tracking ship are ship types.

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Transportation Corps

The Transportation Corps is a combat service support branch of the U.S. Army.

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TS Empire State VI

USTS Empire State VI (T-AP-1001), callsign KKFW, IMO number 5264510, was a troop ship of the United States Navy and training vessel of the United States Maritime Service.

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Type C1 ship

Type C1 was a designation for cargo ships built for the United States Maritime Commission before and during World War II.

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Type C2 ship

Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. Type C4-class ship and Type C2 ship are ship types.

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Type C3-class ship

Type C3-class ships were the third type of cargo ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in the late 1930s. Type C4-class ship and type C3-class ship are Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy and ship types.

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Type R ship

The Type R ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II refrigerated cargo ship, also called a reefer ship. Type C4-class ship and Type R ship are ship types.

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United States Maritime Commission

The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950.

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United States Merchant Marine Academy

The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York.

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USNS Observation Island

USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23) was built as the Mariner-class merchant ship Empire State Mariner for the United States Maritime Commission, launched 15 August 1953, and operated by United States Lines upon delivery on 24 February 1954, making voyages for the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) until going into reserve at Mobile, Alabama on 9 November 1954.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_C4-class_ship

Also known as C4-S-1 class, C4-S-1t, C4-S-B2 cargo vessel, C4-S1-49a, Mariner-class freighter, Type C4 class ship, Type C4 ship.

Type C4-class ship, the Glossary

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See also

General G. O. Squier-class transports

Troop ships of the War Shipping Administration

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