Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.

Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.

Company type	Shareholder
Industry	transportation and shipping
Founded	1925 (1925) in Norfolk, Virginia
Key people	Vilh Dichmann Bland Saunders Wright Frank C. Pugh Clint B. Sellers Alan Smith

Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. was a shipping company founded in Norfolk, Virginia in 1925 by Vilh Dichmann, Bland Saunders Wright, Frank C. Pugh, Clint B. Sellers, and Alan Smith. Pugh had operated a company office in Philadelphia. Clint B. Sellers operated a company office in New York City. Saunders Wright was Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. President. Alan Smith was the company secretary and treasurer. Bland Saunders Wright worked in the Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. headquarters in Norfolk until his death on October 16, 1944. After Wright death, Alan Smith became president of Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc and John M. Levick became assistant secretary and treasurer. With the start of World War II Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. supported the war effort.

World War II

Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc. crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Ships

Ships owned:

• USS Bullock (AK-165) purchased in 1947

A Victory ship of World War II

Liberty ship of World War II

• • World War II operated:
  • Liberty Ships:
• SS Matthew Lyon
• Barbara Frietchie ^[4]
• Paul Dunbar ^[5]
• Rushville Victory, troop ship ^[6]
• Lloyd S. Carlson ^[7]
• Luther S. Kelly ^[7]
• George Sharswood ^[8]
• Sidney Wright ^[9]
• Matthew Lyon ^[10]
• David Wilmot, post war work in 1946 ^[11]
• William H. Kendrick, post war work in 1947 ^[12]
• William H. Wilmer ^[12]
• Thomas Say post war work in 1947 ^[13]
• Niels Poulson, on Sept. 14, 1946 hit mined off Gorgona, Italy, towed to Leghorn but was total lose. ^[14]
• Ezra Meech ^[15]
• Arlie Clark ^[16]
• Henry M. Robert ^[17]
• Frederick H. Baetjer ^[18]
• SS John McKinley ^[19]
• James Moore, troop ship ^[20]
  • Victory ship operated:
• SS Rushville Victory

• C1 Cargo ship
• MS Sea Witch
• USS Antrim (AK-159)

See also

• World War II United States Merchant Navy

References

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2. 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
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