General Steamship Company

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]

World War II Victory ship

World War II Liberty ship

General Steamship Company ships owned or charted ships:

• SS Hobart Baker
• Tiger Hill
• USS Procyon (AF-61)
• USS Gwinnett (AVS-5)
• USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11)
• SS Enid Victory
• SS Bates Victory
• SS Lawton B. Evans
• SS Niagara Victory
• SS Waltham Victory[21]
• SS Wooster Victory[21]
• SS William G. Fargo[22]
• SS Nampa Victory[23]
• SS Phillips Victory[24]
• SS Edward E. Hale[25]
• SS Edward J. O'Brien[25]
• SS John Evans[20]
• SS John W. Searles[20]
• SS Middlebury Victory
• SS Telfair Stockton
• USS Majaba (AG-43)
• SS Morgan Robertson[26]
• SS Illawarra
• SS Thorl
• SD Thorsgaard
• SS Thorsisle
• SS Enid Victory
• SS Illawarra

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:

• USNT Shawnee Trail
• SS Mission San Miguel
• SS Abraham Rosenberg[19]
• SS Alan Seeger[19]
• SS Alexander V. Fraser[19]
• SS Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield
• SS Idaho
• SS Chadd's Ford T2[28]
• USS Cohocton T2
• SS Coquille T2[28]
• SS Lookout Mountain T2[29]
• USS Mascoma (AO-83)
• SS Mello Franco[26]
• SS Milan R. Stefanik[26]
• SS John Goode[20]
• SS Samuel L. Cobb[30]
• SS King S. Woolsey[31]
• SS William Glackens[22]
• SS Henry Villard[18]
• SS Howard T. Ricketts[18]
• SS William W. Seaton[32]
• SS Chung Tung[17]
• SS Donald S. Wright[33]

Ships of the Los Angeles Tanker Operators Inc.:

• USNS Mission Loreto
• USNS Mission Los Angeles
• USNS Mission Santa Clara
• USNS Mission San Rafael
• USNS Mission San Antonio
• SS Hilda Marjanne
• SS Joshua Tree
• SS Verendrye
• SS Charlotte P. Gilman[17]
• SS Inglewood Hills
• SS Alan Seeger[19]
• SS John Goode[20]
• SS Henry C. Wallace[18]