The Political Graveyard: Atlantic Ocean (original) (raw)

| | The World War II Liberty ships SS Sam Houston (built 1941, at Houston, Texas; torpedoed and sunk 1942 in the Atlantic Ocean) and SS Sam Houston II (built 1943 at the same shipyard; scrapped 1959) were named for Sam Houston. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James W. Denver (built 1943 at Baltimore Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1943 in the Atlantic Ocean) was named for James W. Denver. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at Baltimore Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was named for Martin Van Buren. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander Ramsey (built 1942 at Richmond California; scuttled 1974 as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean) was named for Alexander Ramsey. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James B. Richardson (built 1942 at Wilmington North Carolina; scuttled 1968 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was named for James Burchill Richardson. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James W. Nesmith (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; damaged by a torpedo and later scuttled in the North Sea, 1946) was named for James W. Nesmith. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Joel R. Poinsett (built 1942-43 at Houston, Texas; broke in two and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1944) was named for Joel Roberts Poinsett. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS J. Pinckney Henderson (built 1943 at Houston, Texas; collided and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for J. Pinckney Henderson. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John Morgan (built 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; collided, exploded, and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for John T. Morgan. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James Iredell (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; damaged by air attack and scuttled in the English Channel, 1944) was named for James Iredell. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John Randolph (built 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland; mined and sank, in the Denmark Strait, 1942) was named for John Randolph of Roanoke. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS J. D. Ross (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; sold and renamed SS Lampsis; sank during a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was originally named for J. D. Ross. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS J. L. M. Curry (built 1941-42 at Mobile, Alabama; sank in the North Sea, 1943) was named for Jabez L. M. Curry. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1966) was named for Horace Greeley. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Dodge (built 1943 at Richmond, California; sold and renamed SS Alheli; sank during a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1968) was originally named for Henry Dodge. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS George Thatcher (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was named for George Thatcher. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John Carter Rose (built 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was named for John C. Rose. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth (built 1942 at Houston, Texas; torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was named forJeremiah Wadsworth. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John R. Park (built 1943 at Richmond, California; torpedoed and lost in the English Channel, 1945) was named for John R. Park. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sevier (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named forJohn Sevier. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for James K. Polk. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 at Wilmington, North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for Jeremiah Van Rensselaer. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS John A. Treutlen (built 1944 at Savannah, Georgia; torpedoed and wrecked in the English Channel, 1944; beached and scrapped) was named for John A. Treutlen. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS George Clymer (built 1941-42 at Portland, Oregon; torpedoed and wrecked in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was named for George Clymer. | | | The World War II Liberty ship SS James Longstreet (built 1942 at Houston, Texas; wrecked 1943, used as target until 1970, sunk 1996 in Cape Cod Bay) was named for James Longstreet. |