Fall River Navigation Company

Fall River Navigation Company
	House flag
Industry	transportation and shipping
Founded	1927 in Fall River, Massachusetts
Defunct	1958
Fate	Merged in to Pocahontas Fuel Company
Key people	Willaim C. Atwater
Parent	William C. Atwater & Company

Fall River Navigation Company was shipping company founded in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1927, as a subsidiary of the William C. Atwater & Company. Willaim C. Atwater & Company was a coal and fuel oil merchant founded on April 15, 1898, by William C. Atwater. The Great Fall River fire of 1928 damaged the Fall River Navigation Company building. Fall River Navigation Company was active in supporting the World War II effort. William C. Atwater & Company merged into the Pocahontas Fuel Company in 1958.^[1]^[2]^[3]

William C. Atwater

William C. Atwater was born on July 4, 1861, and graduated from Amherst College in 1884. He Became a selling agent for coal from the Pocahontas Coalfield of West Virginia, which did very well during World War I. William C. Atwater & Company also operated the subsidiary Atwcoal Transportation Company from 1935 to 1950, delivering coal on barges. In 1950 Atwcoal Transportation Company became the American Costal Line. From 1922 to about 1934 he was active in the Pocahontas Producers Association. William C. Atwater's sons: William C. Atwater and Jr., John J. Atwater became active and took over the firm after his death on February 22, 1940.^[4]^[5]^[6]

World War II

Fall River Navigation Company fleet of ships were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Fall River Navigation Company operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Fall River Navigation Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Fall River Navigation Company operated Liberty ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Fall River Navigation Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Ships

Ships owned by Fall River Navigation Company:

William C. Atwater, built at River Rouge MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works sold in 1936 and renamed E. J. Kulas^[10]
Atwater was purchased in 1927, built by the Ecorse yard in 1919 as Coulee, in 1943 taken for war effort for as target practice. ^[11]
Yankkee Star was the Galen L. Stone, a Liberty Ship purchased in 1947. ^[12]
Yankke Dawn, was the Empire Wandle, operated 1948 and 1949, built in 1935^[13]
Coastal Highflyer was USS Sebastian (AK-211) purchased in 1947, On 29 July 1947, she ran aground at the east end of Cayo Moa, Grand Shoal, Cuba.

- World War II operated by Fall River Navigation Company (post war work):
- Liberty Ships:
Galen L. Stone, operated in 1946, purchased in 1947. ^[12]
William H. Wilmer, operated 1946 to 1949,^[14]
Cecil N. Bean, operated in 1946 to 1949^[15]

References

^ Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce, By United States. Interstate Commerce Commission 1951, page 327
^ "WV SOS - Business and Licensing - Corporations - Online Data Services". apps.sos.wv.gov.
^ New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division- First Department, June 1917, page 14
^ "ESTATE OF ATWATER v. COMM | 3 T.C.M. 1223 (1944) | tcm12231859 | Leagle.com". Leagle.
^ queenslibrary.org William C. Atwater house
^ LOC, William C. Atwater house
^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
^ 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 [1] Archived 2022-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
^ "Atwater, William C. - Great Lakes Vessel HistoryGreat Lakes Vessel History". www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com.
^ "mhsd.org Atwater" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "EmpireU". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.
^ "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[1] Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Decisions of the Interstate Commerce, By United States. Interstate Commerce Commission 1951, page 327

[2] "WV SOS - Business and Licensing - Corporations - Online Data Services". apps.sos.wv.gov.

[3] New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division- First Department, June 1917, page 14

[4] "ESTATE OF ATWATER v. COMM | 3 T.C.M. 1223 (1944) | tcm12231859 | Leagle.com". Leagle.

[5] queenslibrary.org William C. Atwater house

[6] LOC, William C. Atwater house

[NAG1-7] "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-07-25.

[NAG-8] 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 [1] Archived 2022-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.

[10] "Atwater, William C. - Great Lakes Vessel HistoryGreat Lakes Vessel History". www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com.

[11] "mhsd.org Atwater" (PDF).

[auto-12] "LibShipsG". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[13] "EmpireU". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[14] "LibShipsW". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

[15] "LibShipsC". www.mariners-l.co.uk.

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v t e World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
Cargo designs	Type C1 Type C2 Type C3 Type C4 Type C5 (Type C6) (Type C7) (Type C8) (Type C9) Type N3
Emergency cargo	Liberty ship ("EC2-S-C1") Victory ship ("VC2-S-AP1")
Tanker	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker Liberty ship ("Z-ET1-S-C3")
Special-purpose	Type S2 ("Tacoma-class frigate") Type S3-S2-BP ("Landing Ship, Tank") Type S3-S2-BP1 ("Neptune-class cable layer") Type S4-S2-BB3 ("Casablanca-class escort carrier") Type S4-SE2-BD1 ("Gilliam-class attack transport") Type S4-SE2-BE1 ("Artemis-class attack cargo ship") "Crane vessel-Derrick Barge"
Miscellaneous-cargo	Type L6 ("Lakers") Type N ("Coastal Cargo") Type P1 ("Passenger") Type P2 ("Passenger") Type R ("Refrigerated") Type B ("Barge")
Tugs	Type V ("Tugs")
See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II
Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C
Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay
Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C CL-154^X
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento^S Asheville Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson^X Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing
Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler
Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma
Patrol boats	Action PT boat
Minelayers	Oglala^S Wassuc^S Monadnock^S Miantonomah^S Terror^S Keokuk^S Salem^S Weehawken^S Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench
Tankers	T1 tanker T2 tanker T3 tanker
Cargo ships	Liberty Victory Haskell Andromeda Arcturus Artemis Tolland Alstede Aldebaran Adria Acubens Arctic Denebola Hyades Mizar
Auxiliary ships	Ammunition Floating drydock Repair dock Barracks Collier Combat stores Destroyer tender Depot High-speed transport Hospital Ice cream barge Net laying Motor torpedo boat tender Reefer Oiler Repair Seaplane tender Submarine tender Underway replenishment
C Completed after the war S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Liberty ships
Lists	A-F G-Je Je-L M-R S-Z
Subtypes	Acubens-class general stores issue ship Armadillo class tanker Crater-class cargo ship Guardian-class radar picket ship List of Subtypes
Survivors	SS John W. Brown SS Jeremiah O'Brien SS Arthur M. Huddell SS Albert M. Boe
Other	Liberty Fleet Day Port Chicago disaster Project Liberty Ship
See also	Park ship (Canadian equivalent) Fort ship (British equivalent) Ocean ship (Anglo-American predecessor) Victory ship (American follow-on) Empire ship (British ships owned by the Ministry of War Transport)
Category List

William C. Atwater

World War II

Ships

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