Industry | Transportation and shipping |
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Founded | 1935 | in New York City
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T. J. Stevenson & Company, Inc. was a shipping firm founded in New York City by Thomas J. Stevenson on December 2, 1935. In 1920 Thomas J. Stevenson started working as a ship broker in New York City. Thomas J. Stevenson's father Henery Stevenson worked as a clerk at a shipping firm in New York City starting in 1910. T. J. Stevenson & Company supported the World War II effort by operating United States owned ships. After the war T. J. Stevenson & Company purchased surplus war cargo ships. Thomas J. Stevenson was born in 1892 and died on January 28, 1968. [1] [2]
T. J. Stevenson & Company ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II T. J. Stevenson & Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II T. J. Stevenson & Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. T. J. Stevenson & Company operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its T. J. Stevenson & Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. [3] [4] [5]