Smith-Johnson Steamship Corporation

Howell B. Smith and Algot W. Johnson worked as ship brokers for the Munson Steamship Line before starting their own firm in 1921.

Smith and Johnson sold the firm in 1955, it continued to operate under other names till about 1982.

[1][2] Howell B. Smith was born on July 4, 1898, in Rhode Island and raised in Norwood, New Jersey.

During World War II, from 1941 to 1944 he also worked at the emergency department the United States Maritime Commission.

[5] Smith-Johnson Steamship Corporation fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort.