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No.696 General R M Blatchford launched in 1944

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Stonewall Jackson 1970 Waterman Carriers Alex Stephens 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22153.htm USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) on a Magic Carpet cruise entering San Francisco Bay in 1945.

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No.697 General William Weigel launched in 1944

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

17,812grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22119.htm

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No.698 General Le Roy Eltinge launched in 1944

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Robert E Lee 1969 Waterman Carriers Robert Toombs 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22154.htm Photo – General Le Roy Eltinge at Sasebo, Japan 1951

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No.1746 Oasis of the Seas launched in 2008

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

225,282GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise from STX Finland, Turku Image attribution: Tony Davis Image from Karen Snow

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No.1747 Lisco Maxima launched in 2008

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

25,518GT for DFDS Tor Line by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera IMO: 9350721 Victoria Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways Image attribution: Carsten Brecht & named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1748 Baltic Queen launched in 2008

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

48,915GT for Tallink from STX Europe, Rauma IMO: 9443255

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No.1749 MSC Magnifica launched in 2009

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

95,128GT for MSC Crociere from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9387085 Image attribution: Luiz Fernando Hornstein & Jens Wagner Image from Peter Ferrary

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No.649 Steel Artisan launched in 1941

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

12,464grt for US Navy by Western Pipe & Steel Co, San Francisco Barnes 1941 US Navy Attacker 1942 Royal Navy Castel Forte 1952 Sitmar Fairsky 1958 Fairline Shipping Corp (Sitmar) Destroyed by fire 1980, scrapped Hong Kong USS Barnes/HMS Attacker … Continue reading →

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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick

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No.341 Haruna Maru launched in 1921

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

10,421grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Stranded off Surga Bay 1942

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