South Atlantic Steamship Company

South Atlantic Steamship Company was the passenger and cargo founded in 1928 in Savannah, Georgia that ran the South Atlantic steamship Line. At the started by chartering foreign ships to run the lines in tramp trade. Later scheduled cargo services was added to the line. In 1958 the company was taken over by United States Lines. In 1961 United States Lines closed the Atlantic steamship line and renamed the Atlantic steamship line ships. US homes ports were: Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah, Wilmington, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. Main foreign ports were: London,Liverpool and Manchester UK. At its peak, it operated 60 ships during World War II. During World War II the South Atlantic steamship line was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the South Atlantic steamship line operated Victory ships and Liberty shipss.^{[1] [2]}

Some ships charted or owned by South Atlantic steamship line:

• John A. Treutlen^[3]
• John Lawson ^[3]
• John M. Brooke ^[3]
• John M. Palmer ^[3]
• SS Cranston Victory
• John Sherman ^[3]
• Johns Hopkins ^[3]
• Telfair Stockton ^[4]
• Theodore Dwight Weld, Sank 1943 ^[4]
• Theodore Parker ^[4]
• Thomas Hooker Sank 1943 ^[4]
• Thomas Say ^[4]
• Thomas W. Murray ^[4]
• Virginia Dare Sank ^[4]
• John A. Treutlen Sank ^[4]
• SS Shickshinny
• SS Coastal Spartan
• SS Henry Bacon
• SS Sting
• SS Dickens
• SS Fluor Spar
• SS Liberty Glo
• SS Magmeric
• SS Saccarappa
• SS Schoharie
• SS Shickshinny
• SS Southland
• SS Southport
• SS Southstar
• SS Southwind
• SS Sundance
• SS Tulsa
• SS Wildwood

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• Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II

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