M & J Tracy Inc.

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M & J Tracy Inc.
Industry tugboat towing, Transportation and shipping
Founded1881 (1881) in New York City
Defunct1983
Key people
  • John Tracy
  • Michael J. Tracy
  • Thomas Tracy
  • Catherine Tracy
  • Helen Tracy
  • Maurice Tracy
  • Mary T. Tracy
  • Ellen Tracy
  • Nellie Tracy
  • Kate Tracy
  • Ella Tracy
  • Morris Tracy
  • Thos Tracy
  • Jon Tracy
  • Walter Tracy
  • Marie B Tracy
  • Doris Tracy
  • Ann M Tracy
Subsidiaries M & J Tracy Towing Line

M & J Tracy Inc. was a shipping and tugboat towing company founded in New York City by the Tracy brothers in 1881, as M & J Tracy Transportation company. The brothers: John Tracy, Michael J. Tracy and Thomas Tracy founded the Tracy Towing Line in 1917. The brother's sisters: Catherine Tracy and Helen Tracy were on the company's board. M & J Tracy Inc. office was located at 1 Broadway in New York City and had a field office in Brooklyn. The Tracy companies owned both owned tugboats and barges. Early work was transporting coal to New York Harbor port in barges. M & J Tracy Inc. supported the World War II effort by operating United States tugboats and ships. After the war, M & J Tracy Inc. purchased some surplus ships. [1] M & J Tracy Inc. also operated the M & J Tracy New York Harbor Industrial site. The family lived in the Frank J. Helmle 1912 Tracy Mansion at 105 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, now a 7 unit Condo. John Tracy founded the Maritime Association of the Port of New York. John Tracy was born in 1855 and died on October 1, 1931. Michael J, Tracy died on November 7, 1927, [2] [3] [4]

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World War II

M & J Tracy Inc. tugboats and ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II T. M & J Tracy Inc. operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II M & J Tracy Inc. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. M & J Tracy Inc. operated vessels for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its M & J Tracy Inc. crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. [5] [6] [7]

Vessels

Liberty ship of World War II Liberty ship at sea.jpg
Liberty ship of World War II

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References

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  2. buzzbuzzhome.com, Tracy Mansion
  3. thetracymansionnyc.com about
  4. traceyclann.com John Tracy
  5. "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  6. 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 May 14, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
  8. "M. J. Tracy, Inc. v. United States, (1953), 111 F. Supp. 956 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022.
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  10. vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Charles L. O'Connor
  11. dot.gov, Charles L. O'Connor
  12. dot.gov, Maurice Tracy
  13. greatlakesvesselhistory.com Craigsmere
  14. istoricalrfa.org, Tracy Brothers
  15. wrecksite SS Thomas Tracy
  16. SS Clinchwood
  17. dot.gov SS Thomas Tracy
  18. In re M. & J. Tracy, Inc., 40 F.2d 70 (1929)
  19. "Tugboat Information". www.tugboatinformation.com.
  20. "M. & J. Tracy v. the Lucijana, 47 F. Supp. 727 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2022.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "SCI Digital Archives | Boats". seamenschurch-archives.org.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Bethlehem Staten Island Burlee Drydock Staten Island Shipbuilding United Shipyards".
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  24. tugboat info, Kathleen C. Tracy,
  25. tugboat info, Thomas Tracy
  26. tugboat info, William J. Tracy
  27. tug builders
  28. "LibshipsB". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  29. shipsnostalgia.com SS Banner Seam
  30. "LibShipsH". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
  31. "M. & J. TRACY | E.D. New York | 11-03-1950 | www.anylaw.com". www.anylaw.com.
  32. "O'Donnell Transp. Co. v. M. & J. TRACY, No. 354". vLex.
  33. "Petition of M. & J. Tracy, Inc., As Owner of the Barge Herbert E. Smith for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.charles Prasnal, Claimant, Appellant, 422 F.2d 929 (3d Cir. 1970)". Justia Law.
  34. Circuit, United States Court of Appeals Second (November 15, 1962). "312 F2d 78 Morania Barge No Inc Tank Barge Morania No v. M & J Tracy Inc". p. 78 via openjurist.org.
  35. "M. & J. Tracy, Inc. – Historical Collections of the Great Lakes". greatlakes.bgsu.edu.