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Bernuth-Lembcke Company

Former US Shipping Company

Bernuth-Lembcke Company was a tanker ship transportation company founded in 1918 in New York City by Oscar Max von Bernuth (O. M. Bernuth) and Carlos Eduardo Lembcke. Earlier Oscar Max von Bernuth founded his own company, Bernuth Corporation, on December 20, 1907, in at Suffolk, New York.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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SS Fort Lee
Photo: U.S. Government photographer with U.S. Navy, United States Maritime Commission, or War Shipping Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bernuth-Lembcke Company was a tanker ship transportation company founded in 1918 in New York City by Oscar Max von Bernuth (O. M. Bernuth) and Carlos Eduardo Lembcke. Earlier Oscar Max von Bernuth founded his own company, Bernuth Corporation, on December 20, 1907, in at Suffolk, New York.2

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