J WHITRIDGE WILLIAMS / SAMSYLVAN / TROPIC / SAN FRANCESCO
A LIBERTY SHIP BUILT IN 1943 AS THE J WHITRIDGE WILLIAMS.
SHE WAS LATER RE-NAMED SAMSYLVAN.
SHE HAD BEEN MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON BEHALF OF THE MOWT ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT ) AND BECAME SHAW SAVILL & ALBIONS TROPIC IN 1947.
IN 1952 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED SAN FRANCESCO.
IN 1960 SHE GROUNDED AND WAS SOLD TO A HONG KONG BREAKERS YARD, BUT DURING A TYPHOON SHE FOUNDERED AND WAS LOST.