Home | History | Fleet | Ships | Troop Ships | Cargo Ships | Project Ships | Operations | Gallery   Named in honor of Major Gen. Charles Gould Morton, class of 1883, U. S. Military Academy, who served in th-American War. Commissioned in 1944. Marion Steam Shovel WWII Ad The Marion Steam Shovel Company was founded in 1884 in Marion, Ohio.   Copyright 2007 Military Sea Transportation Service Society