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Calmar Steamship Company

Subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel (1927–1976)

Calmar Steamship Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel founded in New York City in 1927. Bethlehem Steel Company founded Calmar Steamship Company and other steamship companies after finding general shipping companies could not meet the company's needs in a timely manner.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Soviet steamer Karaganda Between March 1961 and 1963
Photo: original photo by Грищук НА and photo of original photo by son Грищук ЮН, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Calmar Steamship Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel founded in New York City in 1927. Bethlehem Steel Company founded Calmar Steamship Company and other steamship companies after finding general shipping companies could not meet the company's needs in a timely manner.2

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