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Cumberland County Places & Things Namedfor Politicians

Thetownof Harrison is named forHarrisonGray Otis.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Alfred E. Smith (built 1944 at South Portland;scrapped 1970) was named forAlfredE. Smith.    BowdoinCollege,in Brunswick, is named forJamesBowdoin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Sullivan (built 1944 at South Portland;scrapped 1965) was named forJamesSullivan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Hannibal Hamlin (built 1942-43 at South Portland;scrapped 1971) was named forHannibalHamlin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah O'Brien (built 1943 at South Portland;now a museum ship) is named forJeremiahO'Brien.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Manning (built 1943 at South Portland;scrapped 1961) was named forJamesManning.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Wilson (built 1943 at South Portland;scrapped 1962) was named forHenryWilson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Sullivan (built 1943 at South Portland;scrapped 1963) was named forJohnSullivan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George N. Seger (built 1944 at South Portland;scrapped 1967) was named forGeorgeN. Seger.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Fairfield (built 1943 at South Portland;scrapped 1968) was named forJohnFairfield.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James G. Blaine (built 1942 at South Portland;scrapped 1969) was named forJamesG. Blaine.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Bowdoin (built 1943 at South Portland;scrapped 1972) was named forJamesBowdoin.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 at South Portland; sold1947 scrapped 1968) was named forJohnA. Dix.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Holmes (built 1943 at South Portland; sold1947 scrapped 1969) was named forJohnHolmes.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Chandler (built 1943 at South Portland; sold1947 scrapped 1971) was named forJohnChandler.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Trumbull (built 1942-43 at South Portland;sold 1947; scrapped 1970) was named forJohnTrumbull.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Harry A. Garfield (built 1943 at South Portland;transferred to the Belgian government and renamedBelgianDynasty; scrapped 1965) was originally named forHarryA. Garfield.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob H. Gallinger (built 1943 at South Portland;wrecked 1967 scrapped 1969) was named forJacobH. Gallinger.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Murray Forbes (built 1942 at South Portland;scrapped 1967) was named forJohnMurray Forbes.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William Pierce Frye (built 1943 at South Portland;torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 1943) was named forWilliamP. Frye.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Ernest W. Gibson (built 1944 at South Portland;sold to private owners 1947; scrapped 1969) was named forErnestW. Gibson.

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