A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd

Last updated July 18, 2025

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd.
Founded	1928
Founder	Abram Lincoln Burbank
Fate	Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2014
Headquarters	New York City
Key people	Peter Burbank, Peter Borch, Franklin W.L. Tsao, Mr. Caramella

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. of New York City was a shipping company founded by Abram Lincoln Burbank on October 16, 1928. A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated dry bulk cargo ships. Abram Lincoln Burbank worked for and learned the shipping trade at Bull lines of the A. H. Bull Steamship Company in 1917.^[1]

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Peter Burbank, Abram Lincoln Burbank son, took over the company as president in 1955. In October 1978 Franklin W.L. Tsao became president of the company, in a 50 year anniversary celebration. Tsao has worked at the company since 1968 ^[2]

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated Liberty ships. The ship was run by its A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. 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. ^[3]^[4]

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. closed in 2014.^[5]

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- Ships:

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated ships"

Coastal Stevedore a type C1 cargo ship
- Liberty Ships:
SS Edward M. House
SS Henry B. Plant
SS Howard A. Kelly
C. Francis Jenkins ^[6]
Carter Braxton ^[6]
Amasa Delano ^[7]
Anson Jones ^[7]
Earl A.Bloomquist ^[8]
Edward M.House ^[8]
SS Booker T. Washington
SS Benjamin H. Hill
SS Cornelia P. Spencer

References

↑ The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels, By Greg H. William, page 243
↑ marinelink.com A.L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. Announces Election Of Officers — Celebrates 50th Anniversary
↑ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 2000-01-18. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
↑ 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 Archived 2022-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
↑ company-detail.com A. L. Burbank & Company
1 2 "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
1 2 "LibshipsA". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
1 2 "Ships build under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936". www.usmaritimecommission.de.

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 Stevenson ^X 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 Alamosa-class cargo ships
Alamosa Alcona Amador Antrim Autauga Beaverhead Beltrami Blount Brevard Bullock Cabell Caledonia Charlevoix Chatham Chicot Claiborne Clarion Codington Colquitt Craighead Doddridge^* Duval^* Fairfield Faribault Fentress Flagler Gadsden Glacier Grainger Gwinnett Habersham Hennepin Herkimer Hidalgo Kenosha Lebanon Lehigh Lancaster Marengo Midland Minidoka Muscatine Muskingum Nicollet Pembina Pemiscot Pinellas Pipestone Pitkin Poinsett Pontotoc Richland Rockdale Schuyler Screven Sebastian Somerset / Coastal Sentry Sussex Tarrant Tipton Traverse^* Tulare^* Washtenaw ^** / Sgt. George Peterson Westchester^* Wexford ^† / Coastal Crusader Maiden's Eye / Colonel William J. O'Brien Becket Bend / Private John F. Thorson Short Splice Long Splice / Private Frank J. Petrarca
* = Canceled August 1945 ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A B C D E F G H I Ja-Je J. F-J. W K L M N O P 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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