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Merchant Ships of World War II Shipping Albums 1 Post War Album Victor Young SC
Merchant Ships of World War II Shipping Albums 1 a Post War Album by Victor Young
Soft Cover
72 pages
Copyright 1996
CONTENTS
Introduction
Antiope 1941
Southern Star 1947
Gianfranco 1944
Alcyonis 1944
Campos 1941
La Bahia 1940
Hororata 1942
Benlarig 1944
Benhiant 1943
Ruthenic 1944
Waiwera 1944
Richmond Castle 1944
Aden 1946
Brent 1945
Napia 1943
Bagas 1946
Caledonia Star
Mercury 1945
Nunez De Balboa 1942
Vic 56 1945
Waihemo 1944
Oak Hill 1943
Zinnia 1945
Jeremiah OBrien
OB Martin 1944
Hellenic Wave 1943
Vallsun 1943
Captain Lemos 1943
African Night 1944
Volgograd 1944
Santa Elisabetta 1943
Thomas T Tucker 1942
Saint Valery En Caux 1943
Kota Intan 1944
Lane Victory
Jefferson City Victory 1945
Permanente Silverbow 1944
Cleopatra 1944
Hongkong Grace 1944
Mormacpine 1945
Hope Victory 1945
Flying Spray 1944
Cape Martin 1944
Flying Independent 1944
Putumayo 1945
Paul H Townsend 1945
Hellenic Sailor 1939
Flying Gull 1941
Hellenic Dolphin 1944
African Grove 1944
American Forester 1945
Amercrest 1946
Expeditor 1943
Buckeye State 1943
La Salle 1943
Raki 1943
Rio Cabre 1945
Marine Fiddler 1945
Vall Moon 1944
Kennebec 1941
Esso Sao Paulo 1944
Esso Regulus 1945
INTRODUCTION
Merchant ships built during the years of World War II. Some were conceived in peace, others came into being through the most urgent wartime necessity. While craftsmen shipbuilders created warbu i It ships in established shipyards, others came from the hands of farmers, shop assistants, labourers and housewives in shipyards as new as the ships themselves. Many ships were sunk, most survived, helping to rebuild the peace in a post war world.
There is now a generation of shiplovers for whom the World War II standard types are, at best, a distant memory. For those of us who knew and loved these ships, this is an album to revive memories. For the new generation it may serve as a window on a past era. Perhaps a small time capsule recording the passing of a type of ship, and a style of seafaring that has gone for ever.
In the 1950s and '60s colour photography was not as easily accessible, or of the quality, that we now take for granted. The result is that today, many who are interested in the ships of yesterday, have only a black and white image for reference. Most of the ships featured here are shown in the last stages of their commercial lives. Many went to shipbreakers a short time after the photographs were taken. This work is not intended as an in depth reference to World War II standard ships. There are many Allied and Axis designs not included. I have tried to illustrate a selection of survivors from the wartime standard fleets, as seen in the world's ports twenty or more years back. Ship types are grouped together (e.g. Empire, Liberty, C1 etc.) allowing design variations to be in close proximity. It has not been my intention to follow any chronological pattern with regard to construction dates. Brief tabular details are presented for selected ships of each type featured.
It was my late father, Chester Young, who passed the love of these ships to me, when I was just a lad. Len Sawyer (London) has been my closest friend, photographic partner and support for 30 years. He has allowed me to draw from his vast knowledge of these ships. My gratitude to him has no limit. All the photographs in this book are taken from original material, within the V. H. Young/L. A. Sawyer Photographic Collection.
I would also like to acknowledge the assistance I have received from Captain Walter Jaffee (U.S.A.), George Lamuth (U.S.A.), Mike McGarvey (U.S.A.), Warwick Foote (Australia), the late Fred Sankoff (Canada), Robert Head (New Zealand), all have helped in many ways. To my wife Niborom and our son Chester, go my love and heartfelt thanks for their years of support.
Victor Young, Wellington, New Zealand June 1996
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