Norton Lilly International

US Shipping Company

Norton Lilly International
(Norton Lilly Company)

Industry	Shipping
Founded	1841 (1841) in New York City, United States
Area served	World Wide
Key people	John Norton Jr. Edward N. Norton Augustus Norton Joseph Thomas Lilly Richard von Appen (2005- ) Andreas Ebensperger (2014- )
Parent	Strachan Shipping Agency
Website	https://nortonlilly.com

Norton Lilly International, was founded as Norton Lilly & Company in 1841 in New York City by John Norton Jr., In 1834, John Norton, Jr. moved to New York in 1834, he was born in Eastport, Maine in 1816. John Norton, Jr. John Norton, Jr. shipping experience started in 1840 when he became a partner in Russell & Norton, a shipping agency for with routes from Florida to the West India. The ship operated out of Apalachicola, Florida and in 1851 added an Australia route to the line. In 1854 John Norton Jr., and his son, Edward N. Norton, opened his own shipping agency, Norton & Company and became the manager of the sailing ship Sea Flower , which operated out of Pensacola, Florida. Norton and son expanded and added a South America route with packet sailing ships. John Norton Jr. second son Augustus Norton joined the firm in 1878. Augustus Norton died on October 17, 1889, and a year later John Norton Jr. died on October 30, 1890. Edward N. Norton continued to run Russell & Norton, but in 1907, add a partner Joseph Thomas Lilly. With the new partnership, the firm was renamed Norton Lilly & Company.

Norton Lilly & Company supported both the World War I and World War II efforts.

Norton Lilly & Company partnered with other companies in 2002. Norton Lilly & Company partnership is with Strachan Shipping Agency, Nortec Canada and Norton Lilly Panama and Ker Norton Marine. Norton Lilly International operates logistics, for dry bulk shipping, tanker (gas and oil), reefer ships, container ships, and passenger liners to over 70 ports worldwide.

Norton Lilly International has offices in:

- USA:
Baltimore, Boston, Brunswick, Charleston, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Miami, New York - New Jersey (Port Elizabeth), Norfolk, Philadelphia, Port Canaveral, Providence, RI, Savannah, Wilmington, DE, Wilmington, NC, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Cut Off, LA, Freeport, Houston, Lake Charles, Mobile, New Orleans, Saint Rose, Tampa, Long Beach - Los Angeles, Port Hueneme, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco - Oakland, Seattle, Stockton, and Tacoma.
- Canada:
Montreal, Stephenville, Halifax, and Vancouver
- Caribbean:
San Juan, Panama City/Balboa, Bridgetown, St. Croix, Trinidad,
- Mexico:
Mexico City, Veracruz, Altamira / Tampico, Coatzacoalcos (Pajaritos Terminal), Tuxpan, Mazanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada / Rosarito, Progreso, and Altamaritima,
- Pacific:
Guam, Saipan, and Honolulu.
Panama:
Panama City - Balboa, and Cristobal

Norton Lilly Management Corp. - World War II

Norton Lilly & Company fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Norton Lilly & Company's Norton Lilly Management Corp. operated Merchant navy ships for the United States Shipping Board. During World War II Norton Lilly & Company was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. Norton Lilly & Company operated Liberty ships for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Norton Lilly & Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio.

World War II Ships

- Liberty ships operated:
Nachman Syrkin
Laurence J. Gallagher
SS Harold Dossett
Henry Bergh 31.5.44 Ashore in fog Farallon Island, Calif. Broke in two - total loss.
SS Donald W. Bain
SS Melville E. Stone on Nov. 24, 1943 was torpedoed and sunk by U-516 south of Panama
John Colter
Thomas Condon
William H. Moody
Clyde Austin Dunning
Samdon
Sameveron
- Other:
War Drake
- Post war Liberty ships:
Joel Chandler Harris

References

The Liberty Ships of World War II, By Greg H. Williams
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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
"Steamship Company Operators of American Flag Ships during World War II". www.usmm.org.
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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 Yorktown Wasp Essex Midway
Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan
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
Large cruisers	Alaska
Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita Baltimore Oregon City Des Moines
Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn Atlanta Cleveland Fargo Juneau Worcester CL-154
Gunboats	Dubuque Sacramento Asheville Plymouth Williamsburg St. Augustine Vixen Erie PGM-1 PGM-9
Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Stevenson 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 Wassuc Monadnock Miantonomah Terror Keokuk Salem Weehawken Camanche Chimo
Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle Hawk Admirable
Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut Narwhal Dolphin 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)
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