International Freighting Corporation
International Freighting Corporation of New York City was a US shipping company whose main operations was chartered shipping from United States ports to South America. International Freighting Corporation owned and operated an ocean liner service called American Republics Line, with service from New York to South America. In 1920 Scovil Company took over the International Freighting Corporation. Scovil Company was founded in 1802 in Waterbury, Connecticut, operating a large brass plant. By 1956 Du Pont and General Motors Corporation were the two stock owners of International Freighting Corporation and Du Pont purchased General Motors shares. In 1957 International Charter Services was founded and took over the accounts and contracts of the troubled International Freighting Corporation.
- Ships:
- sunk by torpedo on September 30, 1942, off West Africa.
- Most ships chartered not owned
World War II
International Freighting Corporation was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the International Freighting Corporation operated Victory ships and Liberty ships. The ship was run by its International Freighting Corporation crew and the United States Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns.file:Liberty ship at sea.jpg|thumb|Liberty ship of World War II
Liberty ships
- Sonata
- Albert K. Smiley
- , sunk by torpedo 27 March 1942
- Reginald A. Fessenden
- Roger Williams
- Ruben Dario
- Nathaniel Bacon
- Ole Bull
- Mary Ashley Townsend
- Milton J. Foreman
- Edwin L. Drake
- Ernest W. Gibson
- Ezra Weston
- John G. Tod
- Banner Seam
- Lyman Abbott
- William S. Halstead
- William Wirt
- Albert K. Smiley
- Andrew A. Humpreys
- James D. Trask
- James Longstreet, ran ashore off New Jersey at 40.27N 74.00W on October 27, 1943, later refloated and sank as gunnery target.
- James D. Trask
- John A. Poor, was sunk by torpedo by in the Indian Ocean at 13.58N 70.30E on March 19, 1944
Other ships
- ''Lammot du Pont''
American Republics Line
International Freighting Corporation sold its American Republics Line to the United States Maritime Commission in 1926. In 1946 the line was sold to Moore-McCormack. American Republics Line then became a Mooremack subsidiary. American Republics Line was called The Good Neighbor Fleet.- American Republics Line ports: New York, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santos, and Trinidad.