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No.825 Alberto Dodero launched in 1951

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11,521grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero from De Schelde, Vlissingen Cormoran 1969 Transportes Oceanicos Etaiwi 1 1980 Ahmed Awad Etaiwi Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1985 Image attribution: Chris Finney, Edson de Lima Lucas & Tony Martin

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No.826 La Bourdonnais launched in 1951

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10,944grt for Messageries Maritimes by Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient Knossos 1968 CS Efthymiadis Scrapped in Spain 1976 Image attribution: Bernie Hasler & Trevor Jones

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No.748 Accra launched in 1947

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11,599grt for Elder Dempster Line from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Cartagena 1967 B&W image from The Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand

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No.739 President Cleveland launched in 1946

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15,359grt for American President Lines from Bethlehem Shipyard, Alameda, California Oriental President 1973 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND photo by Walter E. Frost

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No.311 Samaria launched in 1920

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19,602grt for Cunard Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1956 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Image attribution: Geli Colorations Cruising off Dubrovnik

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No.312 Silver State launched in 1920

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14,123grt in US Shipping Board from Newport News, Newport News President Jackson 1922 Admiral Oriental USS Zeilin 1940 US Navy President Jackson 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1948 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03003.htm

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No.663 General G O Squier launched in 1942

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10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Pennmar 1964 Calmar SS Co Penn 1976 Alpine Shipping Penny 1978 American Coastal Scrapped Mombasa 1984 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22130.htm

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No.664 General T H Bliss launched in 1942

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10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California A troopship for 3000 troops Seamarr 1942 Calmar SS Co Caroni 1975 Cia An Venezolana Broken up in 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22131.htm

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No.665 General J R Brooke launched in 1943

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10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Marymar 1964 Calmar SS Co Mary 1976 Marlin Steamship Co Scrapped Kaohsiung 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22132.htm

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No.666 General John Pope launched in 1943

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17,833 US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny, Kearny NJ Scrapped Brownsville 2010 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22110.htm USS General John Pope (AP-110) underway off San Francisco, California 7 Nov 1944

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