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Pacific Ocean Places & Things Named forU.S. Politicians

The World War IILibertyshipSS Abram S. Hewitt (built 1943-44 at Richmond,California; sold 1947 and renamed, ultimately as theGolfo diTrieste; sank 1964 in the South China Sea) was named forAbramS. Hewitt.    The World War IILibertyshipSS James Swan (built 1944 at Savannah Georgia; sank1952 in the Pacific Ocean) was named forJamesSwan.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Burke (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; bombedby kamikazi and sank in the Sulu Sea, 1944) was named forJohnBurke.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George Walton (built 1942-43 at Savannah, Georgia;burned and sank in the North Pacific Ocean, 1951) was named forGeorgeWalton.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Howell Cobb (built 1943 at Richmond, California;scuttled as a breakwater in Cook Inlet, 1966) was named forHowellCobb.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John F. Shafroth (built 1944 at Richmond,California; scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North PacificOcean, 1964) was named forJohnF. Shafroth.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Van Zandt (built 1944 at Houston, Texas;scuttled with obsolete ammunition in the North Pacific Ocean, 1966)was named forIsaacVan Zandt.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John Adams (built 1941-42 at Richmond, California;torpedoed and lost in the Coral Sea, 1942) was named forJohnAdams.    The World War IILibertyshipSS George W. Norris (built 1944 at Brunswick,Georgia; wrecked and lost in the North Pacific Ocean, 1946) was namedforGeorgeW. Norris.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John P. Gaines (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon;broke in two and sank in the North Pacific Ocean, 1943) was named forJohnPollard Gaines.    The World War IILibertyshipSS John A. Rawlins (built 1942 at Richmond,California; wrecked in a typhoon in the North Pacific Ocean, 1945)was named forJohnA. Rawlins.    The World War IILibertyshipSS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 at Terminal Island,California; torpedoed and lost in the South Pacific Ocean) was namedforSamuelGompers; a secondLibertyship,SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 at Richmond,California; scrapped 1960) was also named forSamuelGompers.

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