Jones Panama City
Panama City FL
Most recent update: August 7, 2021.
J. A. Jones Construction Company's Panama City operation was an emergency yard, built with 6 ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion with $13mm invested by MARCOM. At its peak Jones Panama City employed 15,000 people. The shipyard was known as the Wainwright Shipyard, after General Jonathan Wainwright. It was located at 5321 West Highway 98, closed after the war, was used for ship scrapping for several years and is now part of the Port of Panama City. See the site from the air on Google here.
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Name | Type | MC # | Way # | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | Days on Ways | Days in Water | Days | Notes | |
1 | E Kirby Smith | freighter (C1) | 1519 | 1 | 9 Jul 1942 | 30 Dec 1942 | 3 Mar 1943 | 174 | 63 | 237 | scrapped 1956 |
2 | Newton D Baker | freighter (C1) | 1520 | 2 | 3 Sep 1942 | 25 Feb 1943 | 6 Apr 1943 | 175 | 40 | 215 | scrapped 1968 |
3 | John Bascom | freighter (C1) | 1521 | 3 | 7 Sep 1942 | 31 Mar 1943 | 30 Apr 1943 | 205 | 30 | 235 | bombed and lost in Bari, 1943 |
4 | William J Bryan | freighter (C1) | 1522 | 4 | 21 Sep 1942 | 22 Apr 1943 | 20 May 1943 | 213 | 28 | 243 | scrapped 1965 |
5 | Joseph M Medill | freighter (C1) | 1523 | 5 | 28 Sep 1942 | 3 May 1943 | 31 May 1943 | 217 | 28 | 245 | scrapped 1960 |
6 | Elihu Root | freighter (C1) | 1524 | 6 | 5 Oct 1942 | 19 May 1943 | 18 Jun 1943 | 226 | 30 | 256 | scrapped 1970 |
7 | John Hay | freighter (C1) | 1525 | 1 | 5 Jan 1943 | 31 May 1943 | 30 Jun 1943 | 146 | 30 | 176 | scrapped 1961 |
8 | Dwight L Moody | freighter (C1) | 1526 | 2 | 4 Mar 1943 | 28 Jun 1943 | 24 Jul 1943 | 116 | 26 | 142 | reefed off Port Mansfield TX, 1976 |
9 | Peter Zenger | freighter (C1) | 1527 | 3 | 31 Mar 1943 | 4 Jul 1943 | 31 Jul 1943 | 95 | 27 | 122 | scrapped 1966 |
10 | Harriet Hosmer | freighter (C1) | 1528 | 4 | 23 Apr 1943 | 30 Sep 1943 | 25 Oct 1943 | 160 | 25 | 185 | to US Navy as Luna (AKS-7), scrapped 1965 |
11 | Duncan U Fletcher | freighter (C1) | 1529 | 5 | 3 May 1943 | 10 Aug 1943 | 27 Aug 1943 | 99 | 17 | 116 | sold private 1947, wrecked 1966, scrapped |
12 | Dolly Madison | freighter (C1) | 1530 | 6 | 20 May 1943 | 27 Sep 1943 | 14 Oct 1943 | 130 | 17 | 147 | sold private 1947, sunk 1964 |
13 | Robert Lansing | freighter (C1) | 1531 | 1 | 3 Jun 1943 | 17 Jul 1943 | 6 Aug 1943 | 44 | 20 | 64 | scrapped 1968 |
14 | Victor Herbert | freighter (C1) | 1532 | 2 | 30 Jun 1943 | 22 Aug 1943 | 15 Sep 1943 | 53 | 24 | 77 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
15 | Julius Rosenwald | freighter (C1) | 1533 | 3 | 7 Jul 1943 | 13 Sep 1943 | 29 Sep 1943 | 68 | 16 | 84 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
16 | Mary Ball | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1534 | 1 | 20 Jul 1943 | 17 Oct 1943 | 23 Nov 1943 | 89 | 37 | 126 | scrapped 1972 |
17 | John Barton Payne | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1535 | 5 | 11 Aug 1943 | 23 Oct 1943 | 30 Nov 1943 | 73 | 38 | 111 | scrapped 1972 |
18 | Frederic C Howe | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1536 | 2 | 24 Aug 1943 | 30 Oct 1943 | 6 Dec 1943 | 67 | 37 | 104 | scrapped 1972 |
19 | William B Wilson | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1537 | 3 | 14 Sep 1943 | 6 Nov 1943 | 16 Dec 1943 | 53 | 40 | 93 | scrapped 1972 |
20 | Sarah J Hale | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1538 | 6 | 29 Sep 1943 | 24 Nov 1943 | 31 Dec 1943 | 56 | 37 | 83 | scrapped 1972 |
21 | Nathan B Forrest | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1539 | 4 | 2 Oct 1943 | 13 Nov 1943 | 29 Dec 1943 | 42 | 46 | 88 | scrapped 1973 |
22 | Stephen R Mallory | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1540 | 1 | 19 Oct 1943 | 27 Nov 1943 | 20 Jan 1944 | 39 | 54 | 93 | scrapped 1971 |
23 | Edgar E Clark | Z-EC2-S-C2 | 1541 | 5 | 25 Oct 1943 | 11 Dec 1943 | 7 Feb 1944 | 47 | 58 | 105 | reefed off the Virginia Capes, 1977 |
24 | Walter L Fleming | freighter (C1) | 1542 | 2 | 31 Oct 1943 | 7 Dec 1943 | 30 Jan 1944 | 37 | 54 | 91 | scrapped 1961 |
25 | Salvador Brau | freighter (C1) | 1543 | 3 | 8 Nov 1943 | 15 Dec 1943 | 31 Jan 1944 | 37 | 47 | 84 | scrapped 1967 |
26 | Harold T Andrews | freighter (C1) | 1544 | 4 | 15 Nov 1943 | 28 Dec 1943 | 19 Feb 1944 | 43 | 53 | 96 | sold private 1947, scuttled 1967 |
27 | Russell Sage | freighter (C1) | 1545 | 6 | 25 Nov 1943 | 5 Jan 1944 | 29 Feb 1944 | 41 | 55 | 96 | sold private 1947, wrecked 1967, scrapped |
28 | William W Loring | freighter (C1) | 1546 | 1 | 29 Nov 1943 | 17 Jan 1944 | 7 Mar 1944 | 49 | 50 | 99 | scrapped 1962 |
29 | Minnie M Fiske | freighter (C1) | 1547 | 2 | 8 Dec 1943 | 29 Jan 1944 | 15 Mar 1944 | 52 | 46 | 98 | scrapped 1966 |
30 | John W Griffiths | freighter (C1) | 1548 | 5 | 13 Dec 1943 | 9 Feb 1944 | 25 Mar 1944 | 58 | 45 | 103 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1965 |
31 | Augustus Saint Gaudens | freighter (C1) | 1549 | 3 | 20 Dec 1943 | 17 Feb 1944 | 30 Mar 1944 | 59 | 42 | 101 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
32 | John M Brooke | freighter (C1) | 1550 | 4 | 30 Dec 1943 | 24 Feb 1944 | 31 Mar 1944 | 56 | 36 | 92 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
33 | Rebecca Lukens | freighter (C1) | 1551 | 6 | 7 Jan 1944 | 4 Mar 1944 | 10 Apr 1944 | 57 | 37 | 94 | to USA as Gen Herbert A. Dargue 1944, scrapped 1970 |
34 | Alanson B Houghton | freighter (C1) | 2293 | 1 | 19 Jan 1944 | 14 Mar 1944 | 15 Apr 1944 | 55 | 32 | 87 | scrapped 1972 |
35 | Samuel G French | freighter (C1) | 2294 | 2 | 31 Jan 1944 | 21 Mar 1944 | 22 Apr 1944 | 50 | 32 | 82 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
36 | Thomas LeValley | freighter (C1) | 2295 | 5 | 11 Feb 1944 | 28 Mar 1944 | 29 Apr 1944 | 46 | 32 | 78 | to USA as MG Walter R. Weaver 1944, scrapped 1970 |
37 | Josephine Shaw Lowell | freighter (C1) | 2296 | 3 | 19 Feb 1944 | 4 Apr 1944 | 3 May 1944 | 45 | 29 | 74 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
38 | Richard V Oulahan | freighter (C1) | 2297 | 4 | 26 Feb 1944 | 11 Apr 1944 | 11 May 1944 | 45 | 30 | 75 | wrecked Okinawa 1945, scrapped |
39 | James H Kimball | freighter (C1) | 2298 | 6 | 7 Mar 1944 | 22 Apr 1944 | 16 May 1944 | 46 | 24 | 70 | sold private 1947, sunk 1968 |
40 | Stephen Furdek | freighter (C1) | 2299 | 1 | 16 Mar 1944 | 28 Apr 1944 | 23 May 1944 | 43 | 25 | 68 | scrapped 1970 |
41 | Jean Ribaut | freighter (C1) | 2300 | 2 | 23 Mar 1944 | 5 May 1944 | 29 May 1944 | 43 | 24 | 77 | scrapped 1970 |
42 | LeBaron Russell Briggs | freighter (C1) | 2301 | 5 | 29 Mar 1944 | 12 May 1944 | 31 May 1944 | 44 | 19 | 63 | scuttled off Cape Canaveral FL 1970 |
43 | Howard Gray | freighter (C1) | 2302 | 3 | 6 Apr 1944 | 18 May 1944 | 7 Jun 1944 | 42 | 20 | 62 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
44 | H H Raymond | freighter (C1) | 2303 | 4 | 13 Apr 1944 | 24 May 1944 | 14 Jun 1944 | 41 | 21 | 62 | scrapped 1971 |
45 | T-A Johnston | freighter (C1) | 2304 | 2 | 14 Nov 1944 | 13 Dec 1944 | 27 Dec 1944 | 29 | 14 | 43 | scrapped 1970 |
46 | M Michael Edelstein | freighter (C1) | 2305 | 1 | 28 Apr 1944 | 5 Jun 1944 | 22 Jun 1944 | 38 | 17 | 55 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
47 | William D Bloxham | freighter (C1) | 2306 | 2 | 5 May 1944 | 13 Jun 1944 | 28 Jun 1944 | 39 | 15 | 54 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
48 | Nick Stoner | freighter (C1) | 2307 | 5 | 12 May 1944 | 17 Jun 1944 | 30 Jun 1944 | 36 | 13 | 49 | scrapped 1964 |
49 | William E Dodd | freighter (C1) | 2308 | 3 | 19 May 1944 | 22 Jun 1944 | 15 Jul 1944 | 34 | 23 | 57 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
50 | J-H Drummond | freighter (C1) | 2309 | 4 | 25 May 1944 | 30 Jun 1944 | 20 Jul 1944 | 36 | 20 | 56 | sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966 |
51 | William L Watson | freighter (C1) | 2310 | 1 | 6 Jun 1944 | 13 Jul 1944 | 26 Jul 1944 | 37 | 13 | 50 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
52 | John R McQuigg | freighter (C1) | 2311 | 2 | 14 Jun 1944 | 19 Jul 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 | 35 | 12 | 47 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
53 | Carl E Ladd | freighter (C1) | 2312 | 5 | 19 Jun 1944 | 26 Jul 1944 | 11 Aug 1944 | 37 | 16 | 53 | scrapped 1967 |
54 | Pedro Menendez | freighter (C1) | 2313 | 3 | 24 Jun 1944 | 31 Jul 1944 | 18 Aug 1944 | 37 | 18 | 55 | scrapped 1966 |
55 | George Ade | freighter (C1) | 2314 | 4 | 30 Jun 1944 | 9 Aug 1944 | 25 Aug 1944 | 40 | 16 | 56 | torpedoed off North Carolina 1944, repaired, scrapped 1968 |
56 | Edward K Collins | freighter (C1) | 2315 | 1 | 14 Jul 1944 | 17 Aug 1944 | 31 Aug 1944 | 34 | 14 | 58 | sold private 1947, sunk 1968 |
57 | C-Francis Jenkins | freighter (C1) | 2316 | 2 | 20 Jul 1944 | 26 Aug 1944 | 9 Sep 1944 | 37 | 14 | 51 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
58 | Raymond V Ingersoll | freighter (C1) | 2317 | 5 | 27 Jul 1944 | 31 Aug 1944 | 18 Sep 1944 | 35 | 18 | 53 | sold private 1947, converted to a floating warehouse in Poland 1976 |
59 | Benjamin F Coston | freighter (C1) | 2318 | 3 | 31 Jul 1944 | 6 Sep 1944 | 23 Sep 1944 | 37 | 17 | 54 | scrapped 1964 |
60 | William P Duval | freighter (C1) | 2319 | 4 | 10 Aug 1944 | 15 Sep 1944 | 29 Sep 1944 | 36 | 14 | 50 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1973 |
61 | Stepas Darius | freighter (C1) | 2320 | 6 | 14 Aug 1944 | 25 Sep 1944 | 9 Oct 1944 | 42 | 14 | 56 | sold private 1947, wrecked 1955 |
62 | Alexander E Brown | freighter (C1) | 2321 | 1 | 18 Aug 1944 | 28 Sep 1944 | 13 Oct 1944 | 41 | 15 | 56 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
63 | Chief Osceola | freighter (C1) | 2322 | 2 | 28 Aug 1944 | 4 Oct 1944 | 19 Oct 1944 | 37 | 15 | 52 | sold private 1947, wrecked 1965, scrapped 1967 |
64 | Richard Halliburton | freighter (C1) | 2323 | 5 | 31 Aug 1944 | 10 Oct 1944 | 25 Oct 1944 | 40 | 15 | 55 | scrapped 1961 |
65 | Samuel G Howe | freighter (C1) | 2324 | 3 | 7 Sep 1944 | 17 Oct 1944 | 30 Oct 1944 | 40 | 13 | 53 | scrapped 1970 |
66 | Granville S Hall | freighter (C1) | 2325 | 4 | 16 Sep 1944 | 24 Oct 1944 | 7 Nov 1944 | 38 | 14 | 52 | to US Navy as YAG-40 1953, scrapped 1972 |
67 | Stephen Smith | freighter (C1) | 2326 | 6 | 26 Sep 1944 | 31 Oct 1944 | 13 Nov 1944 | 35 | 13 | 48 | scrapped 1960 |
68 | Charles D Walcott | freighter (C1) | 2327 | 1 | 29 Sep 1944 | 7 Nov 1944 | 18 Nov 1944 | 39 | 11 | 50 | scrapped 1961 |
69 | Art Young | freighter (C1) | 2328 | 2 | 5 Oct 1944 | 13 Nov 1944 | 22 Nov 1944 | 39 | 9 | 48 | scrapped 1972 |
70 | Charles H Marshall | freighter (C1) | 2329 | 5 | 11 Oct 1944 | 17 Nov 1944 | 27 Nov 1944 | 37 | 10 | 47 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
71 | Ransom A Moore | freighter (C1) | 2330 | 3 | 18 Oct 1944 | 21 Nov 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 | 34 | 9 | 43 | scrapped 1970 |
72 | Soter Ortynsky | freighter (C1) | 2331 | 4 | 25 Oct 1944 | 27 Nov 1944 | 8 Dec 1944 | 33 | 11 | 44 | scrapped 1960 |
73 | Bjarne A Lia | freighter (C1) | 2332 | 6 | 31 Oct 1944 | 30 Nov 1944 | 14 Dec 1944 | 30 | 14 | 44 | sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
74 | Wendell L Willkie | freighter (C1) | 2333 | 1 | 8 Nov 1944 | 9 Dec 1944 | 21 Dec 1944 | 31 | 12 | 43 | scrapped 1970 |
75 | Frederick E Williamson | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2334 | 5 | 18 Nov 1944 | 23 Dec 1944 | 12 Jan 1945 | 35 | 20 | 55 | to US Navy 1970, scuttled off Tatoosh Island with obsolete ammo |
76 | Michael James Monohan | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2335 | 3 | 22 Nov 1944 | 4 Jan 1945 | 17 Jan 1945 | 43 | 13 | 56 | to US Navy 1967 scuttled in the Atlantic with obsolete Polaris motors |
77 | Charles A Draper | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2336 | 4 | 28 Nov 1944 | 9 Jan 1945 | 24 Jan 1945 | 42 | 15 | 57 | to US Navy 1956 as Investigator (YAGR-9), scrapped 1971 |
78 | Rafael R Rivera | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2337 | 6 | 30 Nov 1944 | 16 Jan 1945 | 30 Jan 1945 | 47 | 14 | 61 | to US Navy 1954 as Skywatcher (YAGR-3), scrapped 1971 |
79 | James W Wheeler | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2338 | 1 | 11 Dec 1944 | 23 Jan 1945 | 5 Feb 1945 | 43 | 13 | 56 | to US Navy 1954 as Searcher (YAGR-4), scrapped 1970 |
80 | Raymond Van Brogan | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2339 | 2 | 14 Dec 1944 | 27 Jan 1945 | 10 Feb 1945 | 44 | 14 | 58 | to US Navy 1954 as Vigil (YAGR-12), scrapped 1971 |
81 | William J Riddle | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2340 | 5 | 24 Dec 1944 | 31 Jan 1945 | 15 Feb 1945 | 38 | 15 | 53 | to US Navy 1954 as Interrupter (YAGR-15), sold 1973, fish plant in Alaska |
82 | Dudley H Thomas | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2341 | 3 | 5 Jan 1945 | 8 Feb 1945 | 21 Feb 1945 | 34 | 13 | 47 | to US Navy 1954 as Interpreter (YAGR-14), scrapped 1974 |
83 | John L McCarley | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2342 | 4 | 10 Jan 1945 | 14 Feb 1945 | 27 Feb 1945 | 35 | 13 | 48 | scrapped 1972 |
84 | Vernon S Hood | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2343 | 6 | 17 Jan 1945 | 20 Feb 1945 | 7 Mar 1945 | 34 | 15 | 49 | to US Navy 1954 as Watchman (YAGR-16), scrapped 1974 |
85 | Edwin D Howard | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2344 | 1 | 24 Jan 1945 | 27 Feb 1945 | 14 Mar 1945 | 34 | 15 | 49 | to US Navy 1954 as Scanner (YAGR-5), sold private1974 |
86 | Wesley W Barrett | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2345 | 2 | 29 Jan 1945 | 7 Mar 1945 | 21 Mar 1945 | 37 | 14 | 51 | scrapped 1965 |
87 | Warren P Marks | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2346 | 5 | 31 Jan 1945 | 15 Mar 1945 | 29 Mar 1945 | 43 | 14 | 57 | to US Navy 1954 as Protector (YAGR-11), reefed 1984 |
88 | Frank O Peterson | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2347 | 3 | 9 Feb 1945 | 23 Mar 1945 | 6 Apr 1945 | 42 | 14 | 56 | to US Navy 1954 as Locator (YAGR-6), scrapped 1974 |
89 | Barney Kirschbaum | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2348 | 4 | 15 Feb 1945 | 30 Mar 1945 | 13 Apr 1945 | 43 | 14 | 57 | scrapped 1975 |
90 | Mary Cullom Kimbro | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 2349 | 6 | 21 Feb 1945 | 6 Apr 1945 | 24 Apr 1945 | 44 | 18 | 62 | to US Army 1945 as CPL Eric G. Gibson, scuttled 1967 in the Atlantic |
91 | Tancred | tanker (T1) | 2650 | July 1945 | sold 1948 as San Sebastian, Milagro, Don Gregorio (Paraguay) | ||||||
92 | Tandora | tanker (T1) | 2651 | Sep 1945 | sold 1948 as Cristobal, Texaco Cristobal, Cristobal, foundered 1967 | ||||||
93 | Tannadice | tanker (T1) | 2652 | Oct 1945 | sold 1948 as Tankhaven I, Stanvac Alor, LSCO Cantho, PNOC Cantho, scrapped 2002 | ||||||
94 | Tantallon | tanker (T1) | 2653 | Dec 1945 | sold 1948 as Tankhaven II, Stanvac Sunda, LSCO Amihan, PNOC Amihan, scrapped 1988 | ||||||
95 | Tanova | tanker (T1) | 2654 | Nov 1945 | sold 1948 as Sivas, Aksoy, scrapped 1988 | ||||||
96 | Tannaquil | tanker (T1) | 2655 | Nov 1945 | sold 1948 as Tankhaven III, Stanvac Sumba, LSCO Camranh, PNOC Camranh, scrapped 1994 | ||||||
97 | James G Squires | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3137 | 5 | 20 Mar 1945 | 8 May 1945 | 31 May 1945 | 49 | 23 | 72 | to US Navy 1954 as Guardian (YAGR-1), scrapped 1971 |
98 | James F Harrell | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3138 | 3 | 28 Mar 1945 | 17 May 1945 | 11 Jun 1945 | 50 | 25 | 75 | to US Navy 1954 as Picket (YAGR-7), scrapped 1978 |
99 | Claude Kitchin | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3139 | 4 | 5 Apr 1945 | 24 May 1945 | 25 Jun 1945 | 49 | 32 | 81 | to US Navy 1954 as Lookout (YAGR-2), scrapped 1970 |
100 | Francis J O'Gara | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3140 | 6 | 14 Apr 1945 | 8 Jun 1945 | 30 Jun 1945 | 55 | 22 | 77 | to US Navy 1954 as Outpost (YAGR-10), scrapped 1970 |
101 | Frank Flowers | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3141 | 5 | 9 May 1945 | 22 Jun 1945 | 16 Jul 1945 | 44 | 24 | 68 | scrapped 1974 |
102 | Edwin H Duff | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3142 | 3 | 18 May 1945 | 29 Jun 1945 | 27 Jul 1945 | 42 | 28 | 70 | to US Navy 1954 as Interdictor (YAGR-13), sold private 1974 |
103 | Joseph V Connolly | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3143 | 4 | 25 May 1945 | 9 Jul 1945 | 8 Aug 1945 | 45 | 30 | 75 | burned and sank in the North Atlantic 1948 |
104 | Walter W Schwenk | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3144 | 6 | 9 Jun 1945 | 21 Jul 1945 | 22 Aug 1945 | 42 | 32 | 74 | scrapped 1972 |
105 | Charles H Cugle | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3145 | 5 | 23 Jun 1945 | 13 Aug 1945 | 31 Aug 1945 | 51 | 18 | 69 | to US Army as Sturgis 1964, a floating nuclear plant, scrapped 2019 |
106 | Robert F Burns | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3146 | 3 | 30 Jun 1945 | 28 Aug 1945 | 19 Sep 1945 | 59 | 22 | 81 | scrapped 1968 |
107 | Edward Burton | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3147 | 4 | 10 Jul 1945 | 12 Sep 1945 | 28 Sep 1945 | 64 | 16 | 80 | to US Navy 1954 as Interceptor (YAGR-8), scrapped |
108 | Ora Ellis | Z-EC2-S-C5 | 3148 | 6 | 23 Jul 1945 | 26 Sep 1945 | 16 Oct 1945 | 65 | 20 | 85 | sold private 1947, sunk 1960 |