No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944

17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines

Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co

President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines

Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line

Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping

Funtastica 1992 Ares Shipping (never sailed)

Terrifica 1992 Ares Shipping (never sailed)

Sapphire Seas 1992 Eastern Steamships

Ocean Explorer I 1998 Hotel Ship

Scrapped Alang 2003

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22118.htm

USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) docks at New York City, 7 June 1945, with returning GIs.

Ex-USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) in merchant service as the Hawaiian Steam Ship Co.’s cruise ship SS Leilani docking or undocking at San Francisco, CA., circa February 1957-December 1958.
Photo from San Francisco Port Authority collection.

Image from Rich Turnwald

Sapphire Seas from Elad Ben Dor‎

Image attribution: Henry Casciaro

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