Wilhelmsen, a Norwegian company, later was renamed again to Barber International.
Barber Steamship Lines operated in the Far East and then around the World with Wilh.
Barber Steamship Lines also operated ships of British James Chambers & Company (1945 to 1955), Norwegian Fearnley & Eger Company and A. F. Klaveness & Co.[1][2][3] During World War II the American West African Line was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.
After World War II American West African Line purchased some of the low-cost surplus ships.
[4] Richard Bland[12] Richard D. Spaight[12] Harvard Victory [13] Felix Riesenberg[14] Frank Adair Monroe[14] Benjamin H. Bristow [15] Bushrod Washington [15] James A. Farrell[16] James K. Polk[16] James M. Goodhue[16] Jared Ingersoll[16] Jeremiah M. Daily[16] Jeremiah Wadsworth[16] Thomas Hooker[17] Vernon L. Parrington[17] John R. McQuigg[18] Edward L. Grant[19] Julia Ward Howe[20] Oakley Wood[21] Arthur P. Davis[22] See also, similar role:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship.