SS Marine Robin (1943)
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Marine Robin was completed for the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in 1944 for service in World War II. The ship was one of the C4 type ship variants built by the company completed as either troop transports for the War Shipping Administration (WSA) or to become Navy hospital ships. The troop transports were operated throughout the war by commercial shipping firms operating as agents for WSA.
Joseph H. Thompson in 1979
Joseph H. Thompson, after conversion to a notch tug, passes under the Charles Berry Bridge in Lorain, Ohio.
Type C4-class ship
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The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM.
USS Haven, an example of a Type C4 ship, seen here in 1954, a type C4-S-B2 ship.
USS General G.O. Squier, a C4-S-A1
General G.O. Squier-class USNS General A.W. Greely (T-AP-141) in the early 1950s
USS Repose (AH-16) at Yokosuka, Japan, 1952