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Calmar Steamship Company
Industry	Shipping
Founded	1927 (1927) New York City, United States
Defunct	1976
Parent	Bethlehem Steel

Calmar Steamship Company was a proprietary subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel founded in New York City in 1927. Bethlehem Steel Company founded Calmar Steamship Company and other steamship companies after finding general shipping companies could not meet the company's needs in a timely manner. At the time Bethlehem Steel Company was the second-largest steelmaker in the United States and the world, only behind U.S. Steel. Calmar Steamship Company shipped Bethlehem Steel Company products from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. On the return trip, Calmar Steamship Company would bring lumber products from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast. Calmar Steamship Company closed in 1976, as United States steel manufacture declined in the 1960s.

Ships

Ships:
SS Portmar a steam cargo ship built in 1919
SS Corvus a steam cargo ship built in 1919 by Columbia River Shipbuilding Company
Alamar, a steam cargo ship built in 1919
SS Circinus a steam cargo ship built in 1919
SS Oakmar sunk by U-71 on March 20, 1942, off Virginia
Calmar (1) a Type C4-class ship
- Liberty ships that became Calmar ships:
Marymar, was SS Frederick H. Baetjer
Alamar (2), was Samuel F. B. Morse (2)
Massmar, was Alexander V. Fraser
Flomar, was Arlie Clark
Seamar, was George M. Verity
Kemmar, was George R. Holmes
Calmar was Vincent Harrington
Portmar, was Joseph B. Eastman
Pennmar, was William S. Baer
Yorkmar, was Walter Kidde
Lomar, was Morris Sigman
Texmar, was Harold O. Wilson

World War II

During World War II Bethlehem Steel Company had its subsidiary companies operated charter shipping to support the war. During World War II Bethlehem Steel Company had its subsidiary companies: Calmar Steamship Company and Interocean active with charter shipping for the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the Companies operated Victory ships and Liberty ships. The ship was run by its crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns. After the war there were many surplus ships and much competition. Black Diamond Steamship Company continued to operate after the war, but closed in the 1955.

- Calmar Steamship Company operated World War 2 Victory ships:
Blue Ridge Victory
Hagerstown Victory
Honduras Victory
Nashua Victory
- Calmar operated World War 2 Liberty ships:
Andrew G. Curtin, Torpedoed Jan. 25, 1944 and sunk by U-716 at 73.20N 23.30E.
Thomas McKean, Torpedoed June 29, 1942 and sunk in Caribbean by U-505 at 22.00N 60.00W
Pierce Butler, Torpedoed Nov. 20, 1942 and sunk by U-177 in Indian Ocean at 29.53S 36.28E
Benjamin Harrison, Torpedoed March 16, 1943 and sunk by U-172 at 39.02N 24.15W.
James W. Denver, Torpedoed April 11, 1943 and sunk by U-195 west of Canary Islands
James A. Butts
Roy K. Johnson
Flora MacDonald
Frank R. Stockton
Frederick H. Baetjer
Frederick L. Dau
Flora MacDonald
Thomas Sully
Philip F. Thomas, sank in 1956 as PELAGIA
Benjamin Chew
Christopher Newport
Thomas Nelson
Richard Henry Lee
Grace Abbott
William Paca
SS Eleazar Wheelock
James W. Wheeler
SS John H. B. Latrobe

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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 Yorktown Wasp Essex Midway
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan
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
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita Baltimore Oregon City Des Moines
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo Juneau Worcester CL-154
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento Asheville Plymouth Williamsburg St. Augustine Vixen Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson 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 Wassuc Monadnock Miantonomah Terror Keokuk Salem Weehawken Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut Narwhal Dolphin 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 Victory ships
Lists	List of Victory ships
Subtypes	Haskell-class attack transport Boulder Victory-class cargo ship Greenville Victory-class cargo ship 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.

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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