W. R. Chamberlin & Company

W. P. Chamberlin & Company
Industry	Lumber and shipping
Founded	1915 in San Francisco, California
Key people	William Richmond Chamberlin; A. Lunny;

W. R. Chamberlin & Company was a lumber and shipping company founded in 1915 by William Richmond Chamberlin in the Balboa Building in San Francisco, California. W. R. Chamberlin & Company main business was selling, brokering and shipping lumber and timber products from Portland, Oregon to the growing city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay area. By 1928 Chamberlin has four steamships to transport his lumber: the Barbara C, Phyllis, Stanwood, and W. R. Chamberlin, Jr. W. R. Chamberlin & Company was active in supporting the World War II efforts. W. R. Chamberlin & Company's ship the SS W.R. Chamberlin Jr put into service in the United States Navy and renamed USS Tackle (ARS-37). USS Tackle was damaged by an exploding mine on September 4, 1943 and too damaged to be repaired. Before founded W. P. Chamberlin & Company, Chamberlin Chamberlin was president of Byxbee & Clark Company, a lumber company in San Francisco.

World War II[edit]

W. R. Chamberlin & Company fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II W. R. Chamberlin & Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II W. P. Chamberlin & Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. W. R. Chamberlin & Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its W. R. Chamberlin & Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ships[edit]

Ships owned:

SS Barbara C, wooden lumber ship as SS Pacific, built in 1920 by Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR. prurchased for US Army on January 12, 1943. sank in 1946.^[4]
SS Phyllis, built in 1917, wrecked - sank on March 9, 1936 on high seas, near Port Orford, Oregon.^[5]
SS Stanwood
SS W. R. Chamberlin, Jr. became USS Tackle (ARS-37), damaged by an exploding mine on September 4, 1943 and too damaged to be repaired.

- World War II operated:
- Liberty Ships:
SS Adoniram Judson ^[6]
SS Peter Skene Ogden, on Feb. 22, 1944 was torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U-969 off Algiers, damaged she beached and was later scrapped. ^[7]
SS John McLean ^[8]
SS Cyrus H. McCormick, torpedoed on April 18, 1945 ^[9]
SS Peter Skene Ogden, torpedoed on Feb. 22, 1944 ^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.
^ 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]
^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
^ "Army Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.
^ "The Wreck of the SS Phyllis @ Cape Blanco Heritage Society". www.capeblancoheritagesociety.com.
^ "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsP". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ uboat.net SS Cyrus H. McCormick
^ uboat.net SS Peter Skene Ogden

[NAG1-1] "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com.

[NAG-2] 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]

[3] "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.

[4] "Army Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org.

[5] "The Wreck of the SS Phyllis @ Cape Blanco Heritage Society". www.capeblancoheritagesociety.com.

[6] "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[7] "LibShipsP". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[8] "LibShipsJo". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[9] uboat.net SS Cyrus H. McCormick

[10] uboat.net SS Peter Skene Ogden

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v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A-F G-Je Je-L M-R S-Z
Subtypes	Acubens-class general stores issue ship Armadillo class tanker Crater-class cargo ship Guardian-class radar picket ship List of Subtypes
Survivors	SS John W. Brown SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Arthur M. Huddell SS Albert M. Boe
Other	Liberty Fleet Day Port Chicago disaster Project Liberty Ship
See also	Park ship (Canadian equivalent) Fort ship (British equivalent) Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor) Victory ship (American follow-on) Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport)
Category List

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