Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was a cargo Liner company founded in Tacoma, Washington. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was founded by Weyerhaeuser Company in 1933. Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest lumber and paper companies in the United States. First called the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company which started with ships for towing logs in the Northwestern United States. Weyerhaeuser started Weyerhaeuser Timber Company with a ship he acquired in 1892. The log towing ship was a 140-foot sternwheeler built for the partnership, Weyerhaeuser and Denkman Company. In 1923 Weyerhaeuser added to ocean lumber cargo ship the SS Pomona and the SS Hanley. The two ships took lumber to the East Coast. In 1933 F. Weyerhaeuser starts the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company and moves the headquarters to Newark, New Jersey. At the outbreak of World War II the US government orders the four Weyerhaeuser to take supplies to the British army in Egypt. The next year the other four company's ships are requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration. During World War II the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss. The ship was run by its crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns.[1][2] In 1942 the SS Potlatch and the SS Heffron were sunk by German U-boatstorpedoes. After the war, Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company purchased four Liberty ships for intercoastal shipping service. In 1950 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company purchases the Pacific Coast Direct Line and moves its headquarter from Newark to San Francisco. In 1962 the Weyerhaeuser Line is started and Weyerhaeuser Steamship becomes a division of Weyerhaeuser Company.[3][4]
In 1962 many trees fell due to the Columbus Day Storm of 1962, Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company charter ships to take the surplus of lumber Japan. Ships are chartered to carry finished forest products to Australia (the first Weyerhaeuser transportation of finished products to a foreign market). In 1964 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company expands with service to Australia, In 1967 charter "M" ships from Hoegh take lumber products to Europe. Weyerhaeuser Line headquarters moves to Tacoma in 1966.[5] By 1969 all the post Liberty ships purchased by Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company were sold and some shipping moved to charter ships.
In 1975 Weyerhaeuser contracted with Leif Höegh & Co to have built six new second generation of Container "M" ships with open-hatch and gantry-crane transport lumber to Europe, ships are delivered in 1977. Weyerhaeuser added two new "J" ships to transport newsprint from the new mill that is joint venture between Weyerhaeuser and Jujo of Tokyo at Longview, British Columbia.
In 1982 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company's name is changed to Westwood Shipping Lines, the Lines also enters in to a joint venture with Hoegh, with transpacific container shipping. Weyerhaeuser sells its Westwood Shipping Lines to J-WeSco for $53 million. J-WesCo, is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Warehouse in Japan. At the time of the sale Westwood Shipping Lines had a fleet of seven ships, with ports of call in North America, Japan, Korea and China. Westwood Shipping Lines main cargo to Aisa is newsprint, lumber, pulp and agricultural products. Returning to the US the fleet transports automotive parts, motorcycles, parts for Boeing airplanes, outboard engines, tires and heavy cargo like generators.[3][6]
Weyerhaeuser's Westwood Shipping Lines ships: Westwood are 656-foot “con-bulker” can carry both bulk products and containers. Can displaces 59,531 tons when fully loaded.
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Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was a cargo Liner company founded in Tacoma Washington Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was founded by Weyerhaeuser Company in 1933 Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest lumber and paper companies in the United States First called the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company which started with ships for towing logs in the Northwestern United States Weyerhaeuser started Weyerhaeuser Timber Company with a ship he acquired in 1892 The log towing ship was a 140 foot sternwheeler built for the partnership Weyerhaeuser and Denkman Company In 1923 Weyerhaeuser added to ocean lumber cargo ship the SS Pomona and the SS Hanley The two ships took lumber to the East Coast In 1933 F Weyerhaeuser starts the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company and moves the headquarters to Newark New Jersey At the outbreak of World War II the US government orders the four Weyerhaeuser to take supplies to the British army in Egypt The next year the other four company s ships are requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration During World War II the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration During wartime the Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss The ship was run by its crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3 50 4 50 and 5 38 deck guns 1 2 In 1942 the SS Potlatch and the SS Heffron were sunk by German U boats torpedoes After the war Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company purchased four Liberty ships for intercoastal shipping service In 1950 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company purchases the Pacific Coast Direct Line and moves its headquarter from Newark to San Francisco In 1962 the Weyerhaeuser Line is started and Weyerhaeuser Steamship becomes a division of Weyerhaeuser Company 3 4 Weyerhaeuser Steamship CompanyTypePrivateIndustryShipping transportationFounded1933 1933 in Tacoma Washington United StatesDefunct1980SuccessorWestwood Shipping Lines then J WesCoArea servedWorldwideKey peopleF Weyerhaeuser Phil Weyerhaeuser Jr ParentWeyerhaeuserSubsidiariesWestwood Shipping LinesIn 1962 many trees fell due to the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company charter ships to take the surplus of lumber Japan Ships are chartered to carry finished forest products to Australia the first Weyerhaeuser transportation of finished products to a foreign market In 1964 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company expands with service to Australia In 1967 charter M ships from Hoegh take lumber products to Europe Weyerhaeuser Line headquarters moves to Tacoma in 1966 5 By 1969 all the post Liberty ships purchased by Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company were sold and some shipping moved to charter ships In 1975 Weyerhaeuser contracted with Leif Hoegh amp Co to have built six new second generation of Container M ships with open hatch and gantry crane transport lumber to Europe ships are delivered in 1977 Weyerhaeuser added two new J ships to transport newsprint from the new mill that is joint venture between Weyerhaeuser and Jujo of Tokyo at Longview British Columbia In 1982 Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company s name is changed to Westwood Shipping Lines the Lines also enters in to a joint venture with Hoegh with transpacific container shipping Weyerhaeuser sells its Westwood Shipping Lines to J WeSco for 53 million J WesCo is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Warehouse in Japan At the time of the sale Westwood Shipping Lines had a fleet of seven ships with ports of call in North America Japan Korea and China Westwood Shipping Lines main cargo to Aisa is newsprint lumber pulp and agricultural products Returning to the US the fleet transports automotive parts motorcycles parts for Boeing airplanes outboard engines tires and heavy cargo like generators 3 6 Contents 1 Ships 2 Chartered from Leif Hoegh 3 Westwood Shipping Lines ships 4 World War II ships 5 ReferencesShips Edit Weyerhaeuser Tug Sandra May at Erieau OntarioPomona Hanley Hanley Hegira Heffron sank by mined on July 5 1942 off Ireland 7 Klamath Winona sank by U boat October 16 1942 off Trinidad Pennsylvania sank as SS Tanar in 1959 8 Potlatch sank in 1942 by Uboat off Virgin Islands 9 F E Weyerhaeuser was James Kenny Liberty ship collision with Pacific on September 8 1955 10 John Weyerhaeuser was Edward Haines Liberty ship Horace Irvine was Louis Bamberger Liberty ship George S Long was Dexter W Fellows Liberty ship W H Peabody was Mary Pickersgill Liberty ship C R Moser was George E Waldo Liberty ship Y L McCormick Nashua Victory chartered in the 1960s Frontenac Victory chartered in the 1960s Columbia Victory chartered in the 1960s Central Victory chartered in the 1960s Tugboats built by RivTow Marine from 1979 to 1990 11 Tug B532 Tug B533 Tug B 534 Tug B535m Tug MB317 Tug B141 Tug B142 Tug B143 Tug MB318 Tug B210 Tug B213 Tug B214 Tug B 256 Tug B 257 Tug B 258 Tug B 228 Tug B 212 Tug B 213 Tug B 214 Tug B 225 Tug B 226 Tug MB319 Tug B540 Tug B552 Tug B541 Tug M B 310 Tug Sandra May Tug B144 Tug M B 307 Tug B551 Tug B145 Tug B147 Tug B148 Tug MB313 Tug B545 Tug B546 Tug B544 Tug B547 Tug B548 Tug Kelsey Don Tug Northern Falcon Tug MB037 Tug Burrard Cleaner No 9 Tug M B 303 Tugboats by Benson Bros Shipbuilding in 1969 12 Tug B211 Tug B215 Tug B216 Tug B217 Tug B219 Tugboats by Alberni Engineering in 1989 1990 13 Tug B138 Tug B138 Tug B138 Tug B138 Speed boat B550 sidewinder tug B551 sidewinder tug B552 sidewinder tug B553Chartered from Leif Hoegh EditLeif Hoegh charter from 1967 to 1981 44 000 ton 660 ft long built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries open hatch general cargo ships Hoegh Mallard 14 15 Hoegh Musketeer 16 17 Hoegh Merchant 18 Hoegh Marlin 19 Hoegh Mawscot 20 Hoegh Merit 21 Westwood Shipping Lines ships EditWeyerhaeuser s Westwood Shipping Lines ships Westwood are 656 foot con bulker can carry both bulk products and containers Can displaces 59 531 tons when fully loaded Westwood Columbia 22 23 Westwood Victoria 24 25 Westwood Olympia 26 27 Westwood Rainier 28 29 Westwood Pomona was Kent Loyalist built in 1985 not a con bulke 30 31 World War II ships Edit A VC2 S AP2 type Victory ship SS John W Brown one of four surviving Liberty ships in 2000Liberty ships operated under charter during and after World War II Barney Kirschbaum Mary Pickersgill 32 Mary Walker 32 Mason L Weems 32 Dexter W Fellows 33 Coeur d Alene Victory 34 SS Fordham Victory 35 Edgar Allan Poe Torpedoed November 8 1942 did not sink used as store ship 36 Edward B Haines 36 Leo J Duster 37 Lilian Wald 37 Louis Bamberger 37 Abigail S Duniway 38 Alexander Graham Bell Hit mine repaired 38 Walt Whitman damaged repaired 39 40 William Dawes sank July 21 1942 Japanese submarine I11 39 George Clement Perkins 41 George G Meade Damaged repaired 41 George L Baker 41 George W Campbell 41 Joseph G Cannon Damaged repaired 42 Joseph J Kinyoun 42 James Kerney 43 Solomon Juneau Hit by torpedoed off France April 9 1945 repaired 44 William S Ladd Sank on Dec 10 1944 after Japanese Kamikaze attack in Leyte Harbour Philippines 45 Charles John Seghers 46 Samuel Gompers Sank Jan 29 1943 after torpedoed from Japanese submarine I10 off New Caledonia 47 John H Couch sank by aerial torpedoed Oct 11 1943 48 Juan de Fuca Torpedoed and damaged by a Japanese aircraft repiaredVictory ships operated under charter during and after World War II Tuskegee Victory 49 United States Victory 49 Silverbow Victory 50 Drew Victory 51 Berea Victory 52 Alamo Victory Fordham Victory Brainerd Victory Coeur d Alene Victory 53 Queens Victory 54 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 a b History of WSL Shipping Companies in Seattle WSL www wsl com Weyerhaeuser Lumbers Unknown Fleet pdf Google Docs Weyerhaeuser shipper and carrier JOC com www joc com Seatle Times Weyerhaeuser sells Westwood shipping line July 26 2011 By Melissa Allison Heffron wrecksite Pennsylvania wrecksite wrecksite Potlatch WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP CO 174 F Supp 663 1959 supp6631734 Leagle com Leagle RivTow Industries Benson Bros Shipbuilding Alberni Engineering HOEGH MALLARD IMO 7516553 Callsign C6TK6 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com M S Hoegh Mallard City of Vancouver Archives searcharchives vancouver ca Hoegh Musketeer Ships Nostalgia M S Hoegh Musketeer at dock City of Vancouver Archives searcharchives vancouver ca HOEGH MERCHANT IMO 7516632 Callsign C6IN4 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com shipspotting com Hoegh Marlin shipspotting com Hoegh Mawscot shipspotting com Hoegh Merit Ship of the Week Westwood Columbia Port Dispatch Port of Portland WESTWOOD COLUMBIA IMO 9226047 Callsign C6SI6 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com WESTWOOD VICTORIA Dry bulk Supramax maritimeoptima com WESTWOOD VICTORIA IMO 9226059 Callsign C6SI6 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com Westwood Olympia Other Ship IMO 9226061 MMSI 311864000 Callsign C6UB2 Flag Bahamas vesseltracker com www vesseltracker com SHIP WESTWOOD OLYMPIA IMO 9226061 Myship com myship com Vessel WESTWOOD RAINIER General cargo vessel IMO 9226035 MMSI 311349000 WESTWOOD RAINIER Dry bulk Supramax maritimeoptima com Duivendijk Westwood Pomona www duivendijk net Westwood Pomona IMO 8404276 Callsign C6UX2 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com a b c LibShipsM www mariners l co uk LibShipsD www mariners l co uk vicshipsC www mariners l co uk vicshipsF www mariners l co uk a b LibShipsE www mariners l co uk a b c LibShipsL www mariners l co uk a b LibshipsA www mariners l co uk a b LibShipsW www mariners l co uk SS Walt Whitman www armed guard com a b c d LibShipsG www mariners l co uk a b LibShipsJon www mariners l co uk LibShipsJ www mariners l co uk LibShipsSam www mariners l co uk LibShipsZ www mariners l co uk LibShipsC www mariners l co uk LibShipsS www mariners l co uk Ships www armed guard com a b vicshipsT www mariners l co uk vicshipS www mariners l co uk World War 2 Victory Ships D E www mariners l co uk vicshipsB www mariners l co uk COEUR D ALENE VICTORY IMO 5076937 ShipSpotting com Ship Photos and Ship Tracker www shipspotting com vicshipsP www mariners l co uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company amp oldid 1153068396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
