SS John Einig was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Einig, a former resident of Jacksonville, Florida, that had invented the 32-inch (810 mm) steam whistle nicknamed "Big Jim". Einig is also credited with building the first horseless carriage in Jacksonville, in 1896.
SS August Belmont was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after August Belmont, a German-American politician, financier, foreign diplomat, and party chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 1860s. Belmont was an U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and U.S. Consul-General to the Austrian Empire and later a horse-breeder and racehorse owner. He was the founder and namesake of the Belmont Stakes.
SS George E. Merrick was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George E. Merrick, a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida, in the 1920s, one of the first planned communities in the United States.
SS James K. Paulding was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James K. Paulding, an American writer and the 11th United States Secretary of the Navy.
SS William Crane Gray was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Crane Gray, the first bishop of the Episcopal Church's Missionary Jurisdiction of Southern Florida.
SS Filipp Mazzei was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Filipp Mazzei, an Italian physician and close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
SS Henry Hadley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry Hadley, an American composer and conductor.
SS Anna Dickinson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Anna Dickinson, an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.
SS Michael de Kovats was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Michael de Kovats, a Hungarian nobleman and cavalry officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, in which he was killed in action. General Casimir Pulaski and Kovats are together known as the "Founding Fathers of the US Cavalry."
SS John H. McIntosh was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John H. McIntosh, an American college football player and coach, as well as an attorney and newspaper editor. He was the head coach of the Colorado State (1904–1905) and Montana State (1908–1910) football programs.
SS Jerry S. Foley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jerry S. Foley a prominent businessman in Jacksonville, Florida. Foley was the president of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, in Foley, Florida; on the board of directors of the Atlantic National Bank, in Jacksonville; president of the Bahamas-Cuban Co.; and president of the LOP&G Railroad.
SS Robert Mills was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Robert Mills, a South Carolina architect known for designing both the first Washington Monument, located in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the better known Washington Monument in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C..
SS Morris C. Feinstone was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Morris Feinstone, a Polish born wood-carver, master designer, and the executive secretary of the United Hebrew Trades union.
SS Frederic W. Galbraith was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Frederick W. Galbraith, the National Commander of the American Legion, from 1920 to 1921. He was a decorated World War I veteran who was instrumental in helping to make the Legion the largest war veterans' organization in the US.
SS Junius Smith was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Junius Smith, an American lawyer that founded the British and American Steam Navigation Company, who is often considered the "Father of the Atlantic Liner".
SS Telfair Stockton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Telfair Stockton, an American entrepreneur and developer in Jacksonville, Florida.
SS Isaac Mayer Wise was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Isaac Mayer Wise, an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.
SS Grover C. Hutcherson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Grover C. Hutcherson, a Merchant seaman killed on the Liberty ship SS Timothy Pickering when she was struck by an Italian Ju-87 Stuka while anchored off August Sicily, 13 July 1943.
SS Harold A. Jordan was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harold A. Jordan, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Millinocket, 17 June 1942, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-129.
SS Fred Herrling was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Fred Herrling, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Alaskan, 28 November 1942, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-172.
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