MOORE MCCORMACK RESOURCES INC.

The early C flag appears in Brown 1926 and 1929 for Moore & McCormack, with later references also naming Mooremack Gulf Lines and Honolulu Steamship. Talbot-Booth’s Gulf attribution and circle size differ from McMillan’s FOTW rendering. Rosanoski first considered Commercial Steamship as an explanation of C, but found no corroboration; Commercial South American Line, operated by Moore McCormack by 1920, is another possibility. The letter’s origin remains unresolved.

This funnel is assigned by Talbot-Booth to Commercial S.S. Co. of New York under Moore & McCormack. Rosanoski suggests, without establishing it, that this might be Commercial South American Line.

The M flag begins in Brown 1934 and National Geographic of September 1934. Both it and earlier designs appear under American Scantic Line. The basic flag is green with a white circle and red M, but green shade, circle size and the depth of the M’s central V vary. Photographs of Uruguay show a deep V and Brazil a shallow one. Talbot-Booth gives Mooremack Gulf Lines the American Scantic funnel, while promotional material shows normal M304 colours.

Ocean Ships records this as an alternative funnel.

The fleet commodore used a yellow-bordered flag. Sache’s illustration uses light green; Rosanoski observes that this could be acceptable if the company did not insist on precise shades and letter forms.

Mitchell’s version is supported by several line drawings, leaving the precise colour shade uncertain.

A flag photographed on the 1997 reunion cruise has a large white disc and a broad M. Another actual flag, supplied by Robert Tucker from his grandfather Charles Tucker’s belongings, differs in the M’s central V. A photograph on the same site shows deep-V funnel lettering but a shallow-V flag. Rosanoski leaves open whether these were formal changes or tolerated variations.