Joseph G. Hitner

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Joseph G. Hitner (born 1862, date of death unknown) owned an iron works in Philadelphia.

He purchased many United States Navy ships in the early 1900s, converting some of them to merchant ships and scrapping others. He is listed as a member of the firm of Henry A. Hitner's Sons of Philadelphia in 1904, which received ships for scrap. [1] He was one of five known sons of Henry Adam Hitner, the company's namesake. As early as April 1919, he was president of that company. [2]

Selected list of ships scrapped at Henry A. Hitner's Sons Company

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References

  1. The Federal Reporter, Vol. 138, p. 586
  2. "A Message to Industrial Philadelphia". Evening Public Ledger. Philadelphia. April 16, 1919.
  3. 1 2 "Just a few of the War Craft that have been Discarded". Evening Public Ledger. Philadelphia. July 8, 1922. p. 22.
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