General Steamship Company

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General Steamship Company was founded in 1920 in Houston, Texas, United States, as a Private Company, and now goes by Gensteam since 1996.[1] General Steamship Company has a fleet of cargo ships that operate worldwide. Gensteam has a Gensteam Operations Desk website that tracks all shipping logistics. Gensteam headquarters is now in San Francisco, California. General Steamship Company was part owner of American Pacific Steamship Company in New York state and Los Angeles during and post World War II. American Pacific Steamship Company was founded in 1942 in New York City, and was previously called Los Angeles Tanker Operators Inc. which operated T2 tanker ships. During World War II the General Steamship Company and American Pacific Steamship Company were active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.[2][3][4][5]

    • Divisions:
  • General Steamship Agencies is Gensteam United States operation.[6][7]
  • Wheelhouse Shipping Agency is Gensteam Canada operation. Wheelhouse Shipping Agency was formed from the merger of Canadian Empire Shipping and Compass Marine in 2017.[8]
  • Alaska Maritime Agencies is Gensteam Alaska operation. Formed in 1960 as a joint venture between Kerr Steamship Company and General Steamship.[9]
General Steamship Company – Gensteam
Company typePrivate
IndustryMaritime transport
Founded1920
HeadquartersHouston – San Francisco, California,
Area served
North America
Key people
  • Scott M. Jones Current CEO
  • R.V. Winquist
  • Harry H. Scott (President-(founder) 1920–1953)
  • Captain John Barneson (founder)
  • Captain Harry Birkholm (founder)
  • Clarence Belknap (founder)
ServicesPassenger and Cargo Liners
Revenue ($48 Million)
Number of employees
206 employees
Websitewww.gensteam.com

Offices

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Gensteams is a ship agency service, ships dry dockings, military, offshore, and handles distressed vessels.

History

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General Steamship Company was founded by Captain John Barneson, Harry S. Scott, Captain Harry Birkholm, Clarence Belknap and others. Harry H. Scott became the President till 1953. In the 1920s they opened routes to the US West Coast, Far East, South Pacific Ocean, Europe, and Central America and South America. The company survived the Great Depression. Durning World War II General Steamship Company operated ships for the U.S. Government, British Ministry of War Transport, the Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission, and Canadian military For U.S. Government General Steamship Company operated 51 T-2 type tanker vessels and a total of 175 ships.[12]

Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc.

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Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc. was founded in Los Angeles, California on July 8, 1943 by Harry H. Birkholm, Morgan Adams, A. P. Scott, Eugene Overton, W. Bruce Bryant, Leander K. Vermille, and Edward D. Lyman. Birkholm was president. W. Bruce Bryant became the district manager for General Steamship Company in 1942.[13] Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc. operated a fleet of T2 tankers, type T2-SE-A2.

 
Liberty ship of World War II

Los Angeles Tanker Operators' fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Los Angeles Tanker Operators Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Los Angeles Tanker Operators was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. OLos Angeles Tanker Operators operated Liberty ships tankers for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Los Angeles Tanker Operatorsy crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.[14][15][16]

    • Some tanker ships operated for World War II:
  • Charlotte P. Gilman,[17]
  • Henry C. Wallace[18]
  • Alan Seeger[19]
  • John Goode[20]

General Steamship Company ships

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World War II Victory ship
 
World War II Liberty ship

General Steamship Company ships owned or charted ships:

American Pacific Steamship Company

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American Pacific Steamship Company was founded in July 1943 as Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc. to support the World War II effort. On April 22, 1946 Los Angeles Tanker Operators, Inc. changed its name to American Pacific Steamship Company as the line began to operate dry cargo ships also.[27]

 
USNS Cohocton (T-AO-101), a T2 tanker

American Pacific Steamship Company Ships owned or charted ships:

Los Angeles Tanker Operators Inc ships

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Ships of the Los Angeles Tanker Operators Inc.:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "GENSTEAM Trademark of General Steamship Agencies, Inc. – Serial Number 75093923 – Alter". alter.com.
  2. ^ Miscellaneous Reports of Fact-Finding Boards, Volume 1, By United States. Department of Labor, page 14, 1946
  3. ^ "AMERICAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY :: California (US) :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com.
  4. ^ "linkedin.com, General Steamship Company".
  5. ^ Gensteam: The General Steamship Story, by Steve Simpson
  6. ^ "Gensteam – About Us". www.gensteam.com.
  7. ^ "Wheelhouse Shipping Agency map" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Wheelhouse Shipping Agency Ltd". wheelhouseshipping.com.
  9. ^ "Alaska Maritime – Home". www.alaskamaritime.com.
  10. ^ gensteam.com/ Offices
  11. ^ Wheelhouse Shipping Agency Ltd
  12. ^ General Steamship Company History
  13. ^ The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
  14. ^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  15. ^ 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, MD [1] Archived 2022-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
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  26. ^ a b c "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  27. ^ Miscellaneous Reports of Fact-Finding Boards, Volume 1, By United States. Department of Labor, 1947
  28. ^ a b "T2C". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  29. ^ "T2J". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
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