Here is information on the ships you mention.
ESSO PITTSBURGH
Tanker; built July 1942-February 1943 by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA; scrapped 1961 in Yugoslavia, now Croatia
See http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/sun.htm and scroll to hull number 220
Also see http://www.aukevisser.nl/inter-2/id194.htm for photographs
GEORGE M. VERITY
Liberty ship; built in 50 days August-September 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MD; sold to private owner 1947 and renamed SEAMAR; sold 1955; renamed WILMAR in 1965; sold 1967; sold 1968 and renamed YRENE YABUT in 1968; scrapped 1969 in Hong Kong
See http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergencylarge/wwtwo/bethfairfield.htm and scroll to hull number 2407
Also see http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsG.html and scroll to name of ship
Named after George M. Verity (1865-1944), founder and president of American Rolling Mill Co. (later Armco), Middletown, Ohio
GEORGE LEONARD
Liberty ship; built in 111 days May-September 1942 by Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, LA; scrapped 1964 in New Orleans
See http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/4emergencylarge/wwtwo/delta.htm and scroll to hull number 11
Also see http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsG.html and scroll to name of ship
Named after George Leonard (1742-1826), who was active in the politics of New Brunswick, Canada, in the late 1700-1800s.
MOBILE CITY
Correct designation is “SS” MOBILE CITY not “USS” MOBILE CITY. “USS” means “U.S. Ship” and denotes a commissioned vessel in the U.S. Navy. None of the ships on this list were ever in the Navy, all were civilian ships. “SS” means “steamship” which describes the type of ship, or more properly, the type of propulsion.
Tanker; built by Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company, Chickasaw, AL; launched May 1920, completed September 1920; sold 1930; sold and renamed DIONI 1947; sold and renamed CAPETAN ILIAS 1955; sold 1957; sold and renamed ELPIS 1960; sold and scrapped 1962 in Greece
See http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/chickasaw.htm and scroll to hull number 3
See http://www.isthmianlines.com/ships/sa_mobile_city.htm for additional details
Also see http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/s-s-mobile-city and http://www.isthmianlines.com/ships.htm (scroll to name of ship) for photographs
TOTECO
Tanker; built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; originally named LOS ANGELES; completed April 1916; chartered by U.S. Navy 1917; returned to private owner 1919; renamed TOTECO 1941; scrapped 1966 in Mexico
See http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/bethsanfrancisco.htm and scroll to hull number 123
See http://shipscribe.com/usnaux/ww1/ships/id1470.htm for details and photographs, relating to her service in the U.S. Navy 1917-1919; also see http://www.armed-guard.com/mf4251.html
Best wishes.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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