American Mail Line

Regular Passenger and mail service ships in 1923 and 1936, from the Admiral Oriental Line: • President Grant • President Jackson • President Jefferson • President Madison (American ocean liner in service 1922–1938) • President McKinley Regular service ports of call in 1923 and 1936: Seattle, Victoria, Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila. Regular Passenger service ships in started in 1948: (service years) • SS Java Mail (1948-1969) • SS Island Mail (1948-1959) • SS Ocean Mail • India Mail (1948-1965) • SS China Mail (1948-1959) • SS Oregon Mail • SS Schuyler O. Bland (1957-1959) Regular Passenger service ports of call in 1957 for the above: Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Yokohama, Kobe, Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Hong Kong, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Pacific Northwest ports. Regular Passenger service ships starting in 1957: • Java Mail • Island Mail • American Mail • Canada Mail Regular service ports of call in 1957 for the above: Portland, Vancouver, Seattle, Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Singapore, Penang, Port Swettenham, Medan, Singapore, Djakarta, Philippine ports, California ports and Pacific Northwest ports. Regular Passenger service ships in started about 1965 with C4 Mariner-class ships: (service years) • SS Ocean Mail (2) (1965-1974) • SS Canada Mail (1965-1974) • SS Japan Mail (1965-1974) • SS Washington Mail (1965-1974) • SS Philippine Mail (1965-1971) ==Cargo ships==

American Mail Line's five C5-S-75a cargo ship built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia as break bulk cargo or container ship, with at 15,950 tons, . The largest general cargo liners in 1969. • Alaskan Mail 1968, renamed SS Cape Girardeau 1978. Assigned for non-retention in National Defense Reserve Fleet as of April 2020 • Indian Mail renamed , assigned for non-retention in the National Defense Reserve Fleet as of April 2020 • Korean Mail built 1969, scrapped 1995. (staterooms for twelve passengers) • Hong Kong Mail built 1968, renamed in 1978, scrapped June 2008. • American Mail (1969) later renamed SS Cleveland, scrapped 2009 ==World War II==

The SS Alhambra Victory and others were run by its American Mail Line crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns. Operated during World War II: • SS Alhambra Victory • SS Appleton Victory • SS Cabell • MS Cape Flattery (1940) • SS John S. Copley • SS Cushing Eells • SS George Clymer • SS George R. Holmes • SS Gilbert Stuart • SS Joel Palmer • SS Francis W. Pettygrove • SS John A. Johnson • SS John B. Kendrick • SS John Lind • SS Ida M. Tarbell • SS Norway Victory • SS Mankato Victory • SS Meriwether Lewis • Empire Peregrine • SS Samakron • SS Samfaithful • SS Samuel Parker • SS Sidney Edgerton • SS Temple Victory • SS Thomas A. Hendricks • SS Tufts Victory • SS R. P. Warner • SS Ralph Barnes • SS William H. Dall • SS West Cressey • Sank or damaged: • Capillo Dec. 8, 1941 bombed, later sunk by U.S. Army • Coldbrook June 2, 1942 ran aground, total loss • Collingsworth Jan. 9, 1943 torpedoed • John S. Copley Dec. 16, 1943 torpedoed, damaged • Crown City Sept. 2, 1942 ran aground • Francis W. Pettygrove Aug. 13, 1943 torpedoed • George Clymers June 7, 1942 torpedoed • Meriweather Lewis March 2, 1943 torpedoed • Samuel Parker July 22, 1943 several direct hits was repaired • John A. Johnson Oct. 30, 1944 torpedoed ==Korean War==

• SS Canada Mail • SS Union Victory • SS Allegheny Victory • SS New World Victory ==Vietnam War==

• Red Oak Victory • SS Dartmouth Victory - SS Alaska Mail in 1960 • SS Great Falls Victory • SS Las Vegas Victory • SS Navajo Victory • SS North Platte Victory • SS Mayfield Victory ==References==