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Atlantic Ocean Places & Things Named forU.S. Politicians

The World War IILibertyshipsSS Sam Houston (built 1941, at Houston, Texas;torpedoed and sunk 1942 in the Atlantic Ocean) andSS Sam HoustonII (built 1943 at the same shipyard; scrapped 1959) were namedforSamHouston.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James W. Denver (built 1943 at Baltimore Maryland;torpedoed and lost 1943 in the Atlantic Ocean) was named forJamesW. Denver.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at BaltimoreMaryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North Atlantic Ocean) wasnamed forMartinVan Buren.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Alexander Ramsey (built 1942 at RichmondCalifornia; scuttled 1974 as an artificial reef in the AtlanticOcean) was named forAlexanderRamsey.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James B. Richardson (built 1942 at WilmingtonNorth Carolina; scuttled 1968 in the North Atlantic Ocean) was namedforJamesBurchill Richardson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James W. Nesmith (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon;damaged by a torpedo and later scuttled in the North Sea, 1946) wasnamed forJamesW. Nesmith.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Joel R. Poinsett (built 1942-43 at Houston, Texas;broke in two and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1944) was namedforJoelRoberts Poinsett.    The World War IILibertyshipSS J. Pinckney Henderson (built 1943 at Houston,Texas; collided and burned in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forJ.Pinckney Henderson.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Morgan (built 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland;collided, exploded, and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forJohnT. Morgan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Iredell (built 1942 at Wilmington, NorthCarolina; damaged by air attack and scuttled in the English Channel,1944) was named forJamesIredell.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Randolph (built 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland;mined and sank, in the Denmark Strait, 1942) was named forJohnRandolph of Roanoke.    The World War IILibertyshipSS J. D. Ross (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; soldand renamedSS Lampsis; sank during a storm in the NorthAtlantic Ocean, 1966) was originally named forJ. D.Ross.    The World War IILibertyshipSS J. L. M. Curry (built 1941-42 at Mobile, Alabama;sank in the North Sea, 1943) was named forJabezL. M. Curry.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Horace Greeley (built 1942 at Terminal Island,California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North AtlanticOcean, 1966) was named forHoraceGreeley.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Dodge (built 1943 at Richmond, California;sold and renamedSS Alheli; sank during a storm in the NorthAtlantic Ocean, 1968) was originally named forHenryDodge.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Thatcher (built 1942 at Terminal Island,California; torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) wasnamed forGeorgeThacher.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Carter Rose (built 1942 at Baltimore,Maryland; torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1942) wasnamed forJohnCarter Rose.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Wadsworth (built 1942 at Houston, Texas;torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was named forJeremiahWadsworth.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John R. Park (built 1943 at Richmond, California;torpedoed and lost in the English Channel, 1945) was named forJohnR. Park.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Sevier (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon;torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named forJohnSevier.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington, NorthCarolina; torpedoed in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away andscrapped) was named forJamesK. Polk.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 at Wilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943)was named forJeremiahVan Rensselaer.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Treutlen (built 1944 at Savannah, Georgia;torpedoed and wrecked in the English Channel, 1944; beached andscrapped) was named forJohnA. Treutlen.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Clymer (built 1941-42 at Portland, Oregon;torpedoed and wrecked in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1942) was namedforGeorgeClymer.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Longstreet (built 1942 at Houston, Texas;wrecked 1943, used as target until 1970, sunk 1996 in Cape Cod Bay)was named forJamesLongstreet.    TheWilliam P.Frye, afour-mastedbarque (built 1901 in Bath, Maine; scuttled by the ImperialGerman Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, 1915; first U.S. vessel sunkduring World War I) was named forWilliamP. Frye.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William Pierce Frye (built 1943 at South Portland,Maine; torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forWilliamP. Frye.    The World War IILibertyshipSS William Gaston (built 1942 at Wilmington, NorthCarolina; torpedoed and lost in the South Atlantic Ocean, 1944) wasnamed forWilliamGaston.

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