Pope & Talbot, Inc.
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Pope & Talbot, Inc. was a lumber company and shipping company founded by Andrew Jackson Pope and Frederic Talbot in 1849 in San Francisco, California. Pope and Talbot came to California in 1849 from E
Port Gamble lumber mill, 1904
A Victory ship of World War II
Liberty ship of World War II
War Shipping Administration
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The War Shipping Administration was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the United States needed for fighting the war
Pope & Talbot, Inc.
…navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Pope & Talbot was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Pope & Talbot operated Liberty ships and Victory ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Pope & Talbot crew and the US Navy supplied…
WSA press release photo showing wartime production of shipping tonnage
SS Mariposa, 28 March 1944.