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Josiah Macy & Son, New York
Like the others from this source, a mid-19th century firm. I believe, but am not
sure, that the Macys of this company were related in some way to the W. H. Macy
who founded the big New York department store. The flag is interesting in that
it is identical to the modern ICS signal flag for the letter "A."
Source: chart of "Private Signals of the Merchants of New York"
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2001
Maine Steamship Co (Portland Line), Portland, Maine <us~messc.gif> (Source:
1909 supplement to [ruh05])
A coastal line serving the northeastern U.S. IIRC, this was one of the companies
that was consolidated into the Eastern Steamship Company. The flag was just a
white P on red.
1909 update to Flaggenbuch 1905
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2001
Mallory Line (New York & Texas Steamship Co.), New York (1866-1932)
One of the old family-owned lines in the coastwise trade. As its formal name
suggests, the line connected New York with Galveston, Texas, and later expanded
with routes to New Orleans, Havana, and Mobile. The company was bought by
Charles Morse's short-lived Consolidated Steamship Lines, then was transferred
after Morse went bankrupt to the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies (AGWI) SS Co.
AGWI continued to provide service under the Mallory name and flag until 1932,
when it combined Mallory's routes with those of the old Clyde Line (also an AGWI
subsidiary) under the name of the Clyde-Mallory Line. The flag was a vertical
tricolor burgee, white, red, and blue, with a red star in the hoist. As late as
1972, Lloyd's Register of American Yachts showed variations of this flag in use
as private signals by Mallory descendants: WBR with blue star in hoist for
Philip R. Mallory, RWB with red star in center for H. R. Mallory.
Sources: Lloyds 1912,
Wedge (1926),
Talbot-Booth (1937)
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2001
Mallory Line (New York & Texas Steamship Co.). It seems that the Mallory family was more involved in shipping than with the New York & Texas Steamship Co. According to Talbot-Booth Charles H. Mallory first formed the Mallory Steamship Co. and then in 1886 C.H. Mallory & Co. and this latter firm appears to be the parent company which operated through subsidiaries, one of which, the Mallory Steamship Co. ended up becoming part of Clyde-Mallory Lines. C.H. Mallory seems to have become C.D. Mallory & Co. Inc. which explains why sources, such as Talbot-Booth 1937 refer to the latter name, the earliest reference I have found being the 1933 Lloyd Reedereiflaggen cigarette card collection. They seem to have kept going and according to Talbot-Booth in his 1942/1944 Merchant Ships series this flag, which had been taken over by Clyde-Mallory Lines in 1932, was relinquished back to the parent company in 1935. For the period 1932-1935 my guess is that C.D. Mallory & Co. Inc. used the design which appears as a panel on their funnel (which Talbot-Booth notes in 1938 as having been adopted) and which is shown elsewhere on this page for their successors, Marine Transport Corporation. This funnel mark was retained even though the original flag was back in use, though not for long it seems as Clifford D. Mallory died in 1941 which saw the end of the family control in the company which was reorganized as Marine Transport Lines Inc. the following year.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004
Manhanset Line (T. Hogan & Sons), New York
In Lloyds 1912 as North Atlantic Steamship Co (T. Hogan & Sons). No other
information except that the flag was a blue-white-blue horizontal triband with a
blue H for Hogan.
Source: Reed (1896), Lloyds 1912
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2001
There is a little info on the line at www.theshipslist.com. It ran between Bristol and Swansea to New York and Baltimore
Ned Smith, 27 October 2001
Blue, with white logo and the word "MANNESMANN", centered. The logo consists of an "M" over a "W" within a ring.
Jorge Candeias, 27 March 2001
From Scott, R.M., The Caltex book of Flags and Funnels, Capetown, Caltex Africa
Ltd. (1959)
P.D. Marchessini & Co., New York - red burgee, white disk, blue star. Ships
under British, Greek, Italian and Liberian flags. Nearly identical to the house
flag of the Blue Star Line, which has a tapered
swallowtail.
Jarig Bakker, 28 December 2004
Marine Transport Corporation - quite the same as (former?)
Marine Transport Lines, but a rectangular flag and not a burgee.
Source: http://www.mtlx.com
Dov Gutterman, 11 October 2001
Marine Transport Corporation is the eventual successor to the
Mallorys and results from the 1998 takeover merger of
Marine Transport Lines inc. by Omi Corporation. It is now a subsidiary of
Crowley Maritime Corporation.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004
Marine Transport Lines, New York
I can find nothing in my notes about this company, which obviously
operated in the post-WWII period. The flag was a red burgee with a white diamond
bearing a blue M.
Sources:
US Navy's 1961 H.O.,
Stewart (1953)
Joe McMillan, 26 October 2001
Marine Transport Lines resulted from the 1942 reorganisation of
C.D. Mallory & Co.. and is the link with the current
Marine Transport Corporation.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004
image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2009
Maritime Logistics Group is a logistics company based at Miami, Florida, with
branches in Chile and Peru. The company is involved in sea freight, air freight,
warehousing and distribution. The house flag of Maritime Logistics Group, as
shown graphically on the company website, is a red triangular pennant with a
white oval charged with the black letters "MGL".
http://www.maritimelogisticsgroup.com
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2009
This flag is the house flag of Maritime Overseas Corporation. They have/had
big US and foreign fleet including tankers and bulk carriers.
Bob
Engebretson, 19 December 2010
Flag also reported as belong to the Ocean Transportation Co, New York by
US Navy's 1961 H.O.|
Joe McMillan, 7 November 2001
Mason & Thompson, New York
Mid 19th century firm. Flag red with a white disk.
Source: chart of "Private Signals of the Merchants of New York"
Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001
Mathiasen's Tanker Industries, Philadelphia
A small independent tanker operator (9 ships totalling 93,000 gross tons as of
1949).
Flag red with a white M.
Source:
US Navy's 1961 H.O.
Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001
Mathiasen's Tanker Industries. Brown 1958 shows a black band at the top of
the flag [see us~236a.gif attached] which makes it a replica of the funnel which
was red with a black top and a white "M". Quite possible but it would seem the
plain red version with letter either applied or was changed to, supported by
subsequent funnel sightings which showed blue or grey funnels with a red band
with a white "M" i.e. a normal "band based on the flag".
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 2 December 2006
Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco (1901-present)
William Matson was born in Sweden in 1849, went to sea at the age of
ten, arrived in New York at 14, and was captain of his first ship by the time he
was
21. By 1882, Matson owned his first ship, a schooner that he built and commanded
in
service between San Francisco and Hawaii, the beginning of a thriving business
carrying
sugar cargoes from the islands to the mainland. To finance the conversion of his
fleet
to steam, Matson incorporated the Matson Navigation Company in 1901. At first,
Matson faced an uphill struggle against the better-financed
American-Hawaiian SS Co.,
but American-Hawaiian's opportunistic decision to abandon Hawaii in 1916 to
pursue
profits as a neutral shipper in the wartime North Atlantic set Matson
Navigation on
its way to dominance of the market, which it has retained ever since. Matson
continues
to focus on traffic between the US west coast and Hawaii, Guam, and other areas
of the
mid-Pacific. It currently operates some 17 vessels. The flag is a red
swallowtail
with seven white stars surrounding a blue M on a white disk.
Source: www.matson.com,
US Navy's 1961 H.O.
Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001
In this photo from a E-bay is an actual swallowtail with smaller stars
set at a distance from the disk.
Jan Mertens, 16 October 2006
O. Mauran, New York
Another 19th century firm on which I have no other information. Flag a red
swallowtail
with a white M.
Source:
chart of "Private Signals of the Merchants of New York"
Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001
Mayflower SS Corp.
No information other than the flag, white with red stripes at the upper and
lower edges
and a blue M on the center.
Source:
Stewart & Styring (1963)
Joe McMillan, 29 October 2001
Mayflower Steamship Corporation. Operated the tanker "Mayflower" built 1961
and sold 1966 to Overseas Oil Carriers Inc. who were managed by Maritime
Overseas Corporation who also just happened to be the agents for Mayflower
Steamship Corporation.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2004
US shipping lines house flags - 'M' continued