American Petroleum Transport Corporation

American Petroleum Transport Corporation

Company type	American Petroleum Transport Corp. SS Cedar Mills in 1943, a type T2 Tanker, known for saving the Le Triomphant
Industry	Transportation and shipping
Founded	1936 (1936) in New York City
Key people	Daniel K. Ludwig

American Petroleum Transport Corporation (American Petroleum Tpt) was an oil shipping company founded in New York City in 1936. Daniel K. Ludwig was President of American Petroleum Transport Corporation. In 1939 American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated eight tanker ships from the Gulf of Mexico to Hatteras, North Carolina. American Petroleum Transport Corporation was active in supporting the World War II efforts. Some tanker ships American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated were sunk by German U-boat submarines. Daniel K. Ludwig founded in 1936 the company National Bulk Carriers.^[1]

World War II

American Petroleum Transport Corporation ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II American Petroleum Transport Corporation was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. American Petroleum Transport Corporation operated Liberty ships and T2 tankers for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its American Petroleum Transport Corporation crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ships

Some ships owned:
Halsey Wreck, tanker built in 1920 by Bethlehem SB Corp, Alameda, California, hit by torpedo and sunk by German submarine U-333 off Jupiter, Florida^[5]
USS Cahaba (AO-82) tanker 1947–1948, built in 1944 a Escambia-class oiler operated 1947 and 1948.^[6]
- World War II operated ships:

- Liberty Ships:
SS Morton Prince, Liberty Ships^[7]
Horace H. Harvey, Liberty Ship ^[8]
SS William Penn, Liberty Ship
ARA Punta Delgada (B–16), also was MV Sugarland, a T1 tanker, Klickitat-class gasoline tanker.

Four Lakes T2-SE-A1 tanker moved oil from Texas City, Texas to Baltimore, Maryland from 1946 to 1948.
SS Cedar Mills, T2 tanker was built in 1943 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company in Mobile, know of saving the French destroyer Le Triomphant^[9]
Crow Wing, T2 tanker (T2-SE-A1), built in 1945 in Mobile, Alabama, on March 30, 1945, collided with another ship.^[10]
Caliche, operated from 1936 to 1943 with PAT, built in 1918 as Chestnut Hill in 1918.^[11]
Fort Laramie, T2-SE-A1 tanker, Built in 1944 in Mobile, Alabama.^[12]
Touchet, T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1943 in Mobile, Alabama. Dec. 3, 1943 on maiden voyage hit by German submarine U-193 in gulf.^[13]^[14]
Camas Meadows, T2-SE-A1 tanker, built in 1943 in Mobile, Alabama. Rammed and sank the USS St. Augustine (PG-54) on January 6, 1944 ^[15]^[16]

External links

References

^ Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates, Volume 84, Part 13, page 2778, By United States. Congress, 1938
^ "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]
^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
^ "Halsey Wreck". fishingstatus.com.
^ "CAHABA AO 82 - NavalCoverMuseum". www.navalcovermuseum.org.
^ "LibShipsM". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "SS CEDAR MILLS | MARAD". www.maritime.dot.gov.
^ "Crow Wing". www.aukevisser.nl.
^ "Caliche - (1936-1943)". www.aukevisser.nl.
^ "Fort Laramie". www.aukevisser.nl.
^ "Touchet (American Turbine tanker) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net.
^ "Touchet". www.aukevisser.nl.
^ "St. Augustine (PG-54)". NHHC.
^ "Camas Meadows". www.aukevisser.nl.

v t e 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.

v t e 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

v t e 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)
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