American Broadcasting Company Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, the American Broadcasting System. Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the "American Broadcasting Company" name from George B. Storer in 1944; its parent company adopted the corporate name American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Woods retained his position as president and CEO of ABC until December 1949, and was subsequently promoted to vice-chairman of the board before leaving ABC altogether on June 30, 1951. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, which owned San Francisco radio station KGO, bought Los Angeles station KECA from Earle C. Anthony
USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) M. F. Johnson in command. Assigned to the 4th Naval District, "Edward J. McKeever Jr." performed patrol, minesweeping, towing, and transport duties for the rest of World War I. On 21 May 1919, "Edward J. McKeever Jr." was decommissioned and sold to the Wilcox Fertilizer Company of Mystic, Connecticut. USS Edward J. McKeever Jr. (SP-684) USS "Edward J. McKeever Jr." (SP-684) was a United States Navy patrol vessel and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919. "Edward J. McKeever Jr." was built as a commercial fishing vessel of the same name by Robert Palmer & Sons at Noank, Connecticut, in