James Griffiths & Sons, Inc.

James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. was founded by Captain James Griffiths (1861-1943) in Seattle, Washington in 1885. James Griffiths was from Newport, Wales, where he was a captain of a ship. He started as an agent for NYK Line of Japan. James Griffiths ran the company with his sons: Stanley and Bert. James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. entered into a venture with the Olympic Steamship Company in 1936 to form the Consolidated Olympic Company. Consolidated Olympic Company had routes to Long Beach, California, Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, called the Olympic-Griffiths Line. The Olympic-Griffiths Line ship was the SS Olympic Pioneer was a 7,216-ton cargo ships, common freight was lumber and newsprint. Other ships operated were leased. [1]

James Griffiths & Sons, Inc.
Type	Private
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1885 (1885) in Seattle, Washington, United States
Key people	Captain James Griffiths Stanley Griffiths Bert Griffiths

James Griffiths shipyard

In 1916 James Griffiths purchased the Puget Sound shipyard, Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, the shipyard built minesweepers: Auk-class minesweepers and Admirable-class minesweepers. In 1948 Griffiths the sold the shipyard.[2]

World War II

James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.[3][4][5]

Ships

A Victory ship of World War II

Liberty ship of World War II

James Griffiths & Sons, Inc. ships

Olympic Pioneer, was Liberty ship James A. Drain, acquired in 1947, sold in 1962 [6]
Griffson, Cargo, 2,259 tons built in 1916, built by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow[7]
Anyox, Cargo, 1,287 tons built in 1917, built by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow
Sueja III, Yacht, 179 tons, built in 1926, built by Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company in Winslow, renamed Salvage Queen in 1941, renamed Sheng-Li in 1946, burnt Whangpoo River in 1948

Liberty ships operated

Edmond Mallett [8]
Edward A. MacDowell [8]
Nicholas J. Sinnott [9]
Rufus W. Peckham [10]
William Cullen Bryant [11]

Victory ships operated

Douglas Victory [12]

Ships built by Captain James Griffiths

Ships built by Captain James Griffiths 1919 to 1947:

Ship Name	Built for	Type	Tons		Yeat Built	Notes
Reta	Felix R. Shoer	Fishing	8		1919
Griffson	Norton Clapp	Schooner	2,259		1920
Sueja III	Capt. James Griffiths	Yacht	179		1926	Renamed Mariner III
Quillayute	Sound Ferry Line	Ferry	728		1927
Chahunta	Lincoln County Logging	Tug	101		1928
Brown Bear	US F&W Service	Survey Vessel			1934	To USN 1942 Renamed YP 197, returned 1946
Gary Foss	Foss Launch & Tug	Tug	63		1935
A J No. 3	Bolivar S Eqpmt.	Freight Barge	271		1935
A J No. 4	Bolivar S Eqpmt.	Freight Barge	271		1935
A J No. 5	Bolivar S Eqpmt.	Freight Barge	271		1935
E. B. Schley	Howe Sound Mining Co.	Tug	46		1937
	Howe Sound Mining Co.	Dry Bulk Barge			1937
	Howe Sound Mining Co.	Dry Bulk Barge			1937
	Howe Sound Mining Co.	Dry Bulk Barge			1937
Atlas	Ritchie Tptn.	Freight Barge	118		1939
L McN & L IX No. 11	Bern O. Bliss	Freight Barge	117		1939
P. A. F. No. 6	Pacific Am. Fisheries	Freight Barge	100		1939
	Puget Sound NSY	Caisson			1939
USS Pursuit (AM 108)	US Navy	Minesweeper	1250d		30-Apr-43	Renamed AGS 17 1952, scrapped 1964
USS Requisite (AM-109)	US Navy	Minesweeper	1250d		7-Jun-43	Renamed AGS 18 1952, scrapped 1964
USS Revenge (AM 110)	US Navy	Minesweeper	1250d		27-Jul-43	Scrapped 1967
USS Sage (AM 111)	US Navy	Minesweeper	1250d		23-Aug-43	To Mexico 1973 Renamed Hermenegildo Galeana, Renamed Matamoros (PO 117)
USS Salute (AM 294)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		4-Dec-43	Mined off Labuan and lost 1945
USS Saunter (AM 295)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		22-Jan-44	Scrapped 1946
USS Scout (AM 296)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		3-Mar-44	To Mexico 1963 Renamed DM 09, scrapped
USS Scrimmage (AM 297)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		4-Apr-44	Sold 1962, later cable ship Giant II, research vessel Mahi, reefed in Hawaii 1982
USS Scuffle (AM 298)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		2-May-44	To Mexico 1963 Renamed General Felipe Xicotencatl (C 53), scrapped
USS Sentry (AM 299)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		30-May-44	To Vietnam 1962 Renamed Ky Hoa (HQ 09), scrapped
USS Serene (AM-300)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		24-Jun-44	To Vietnam 1963 Renamed Nhut Tao (HQ 10), scrapped
USS Shelter (AM 301)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		9-Jul-44	To Vietnam 1963 Renamed Chi Linh (HQ 11), scrapped
USS Garland (AM-238)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		26-Aug-44	Scrapped 1960
USS Gayety (AM-239)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		23-Sep-44	To Vietnam 1962 Renamed Chi Lang II (HQ 08), to the Philippines 1975 Renamed Magat Salamat (PS 20)
USS Hazard (AM-240)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		31-Oct-44	Sold 1968, to Omaha NB 1971 as museum
USS Hilarity (AM-241)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		27-Nov-44	To Mexico 1962 Renamed D 2, scrapped
USS Inaugural (AM-242)	US Navy	Minesweeper	850d		30-Dec-44	To St. Louis MO 1968 as museum, swept from moorings and sank 1993
YTL 571	US Navy	Yard Tug	70d		1945	Sold 1974
YTL 572	US Navy	Yard Tug	70d		1945	To the Philippines 1948
YTL 573	US Navy	Yard Tug	70d		1945	To France 1951
YTL 574	US Navy	Yard Tug	70d		1945	Sold
Oil Pilot	Tugs, Inc.	Tug	55		1945
Rustler	Long Beach Tugboat Co.	Tug	51		1945

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships.

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World War II United States Merchant Navy

References

The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
Colton, Tim. "Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co., Winslow WA". ShipbuildingHistory.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
"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
World War II United States Merchant Navy
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[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/winslow.htm hhipbuildinghistory.com Winslow
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"World War 2 Victory Ships - D - E". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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.

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

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

Victory ships
Lists	List of Victory ships
Subtypes	Haskell-class attack transport Kingsport-class telemetry ship Range Sentinel-class telemetry ship List of Subtypes
Museum ships	SS American Victory SS Lane Victory SS Red Oak Victory
Other	Port Chicago disaster Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Columbia Eagle incident
Sunk in action	SS Canada Victory SS Hobbs Victory SS Logan Victory
Damaged in action	SS Bozeman Victory SS Brown Victory SS Bucknell Victory USS Colbert SS Elmira Victory USS Hinsdale USS La Grange SS Minot Victory SS Oshkosh Victory SS Pratt Victory SS Swarthmore Victory USS Telfair SS United Victory
Sunk in service	SS Clarksdale Victory SS Drexel Victory SS Escanaba Victory SS Georgetown Victory SS Luray Victory SS Middlebury Victory SS Northeastern Victory SS Park Victory SS Quinault Victory
Damaged in service	SS Attleboro Victory SS Baton Rouge Victory SS Baylor Victory SS Colombia Victory SS Berea Victory SS Cuba Victory SS Enid Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS St. Lawrence Victory
Sank in private use	SS Alamo Victory SS Augustana Victory SS Brainerd Victory SS Cody Victory SS Hagerstown Victory SS Lewiston Victory SS Lincoln Victory SS Luxembourg Victory SS India Victory SS New Bern Victory SS Mandan Victory SS Philippines Victory SS Rushville Victory SS Rutland Victory SS Skagway Victory SS Smith Victory SS St. Albans Victory SS Tufts Victory SS U.S.S.R. Victory
Seagoing cowboys ships	SS Adrian Victory SS Attleboro Victory SS Battle Creek Victory SS Beloit Victory SS Blue Island Victory SS Boulder Victory SS Bucknell Victory SS Calvin Victory SS Carroll Victory SS Cedar Rapids Victory SS Clarksville Victory SS Creighton Victory SS DePauw Victory SS Earlham Victory SS Flagstaff Victory SS Frontenac Victory SS Gainesville Victory SS Harvard Victory SS Hattiesburg Victory SS Jefferson City Victory SS Lahaina Victory SS Lanaina Victory SS Lindenwood Victory SS Mercer Victory SS Moline Victory SS Morgantown Victory SS Norwalk Victory SS Occidental Victory SS Ouachita Victory SS Park Victory SS Pass Christian Victory SS Pierre Victory SS Plymouth Victory SS Queens Victory SS Rock Hill Victory SS Rockland Victory SS Roswell Victory SS Saginaw Victory SS Santa ClaraVictory SS South Bend Victory SS Spartanburg Victory SS Villanova Victory SS Virginia City Victory SS Wesleyan Victory SS Woodstock Victory SS Yugoslavia Victory
See also	Liberty ship (predecessor)
Article Category List See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

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