No.658 USS Glacier launched in 1943

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14,687grt for US Navy Seattle-Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma

HMS Atheling 1943 Royal Navy

Roma 1950 Flotta Lauro

Scrapped in Savona 1967

Sistership SYDNEY was renamed ROMA 1967-1970 (to confuse matters)

2 images from Fremantle Ports

Roma as a cargo ship

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No.659 Pass Christian launched in 1942

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12,093grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula

Fred C. Ainsworth 1943 US Army

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22181.htm

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No.660 USS Jamaica launched in 1942

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12053grt for US Navy by Seattle Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma

HMS Shah 1943 Royal Navy

Salta 1949 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero

Scrapped in Buenos Aires 1966

During the LAKONIA fire in Dec 1963, the Argentine passenger ship Salta arrived on the scene. Salta, commanded by Captain José Barrere, had been on her way from Genoa, Italy to Buenos Aires. Salta rescued 475 people and took aboard most of Lakonia’s lifeboats.

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No.661 Awa Maru launched in 1942

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11,249grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Torpedoed by USS Queenfish in the Pacific 1945

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No.662 Biloxi launched in 1942

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12,090grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula

Henry Gibbins 1943 US Army

Empire State IV 1960 NY State Maritime College

Bay State 1974 Massachusetts Maritime

Scrapped in Kearny 1982

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22183.htm

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No.302 Albania launched in 1920

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12,768grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock

California 1930 Nav Libera Triestina

Torpedo bombed off Syracuse 1941

Image attribution: David Osmond

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No.303 Ballarat launched in 1920

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13,065grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Greenock

Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1935

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No.304 Meduana launched in 1920

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10,077grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Kerguelen 1928 Chargeurs Réunis

Winrich von Kniprode 1940 German Navy

Kerguelen 1945 Chargeurs Réunis

Scrapped in Antwerp 1955

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No.305 Alfonso XIII launched in 1920

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10,551grt for Cia Trasatlantica from Soc Espanola de Construction Naval, Bilbao

Habana 1931 Cia Trasatlantica

Galicia 1964 Pescanova SA, Vigo

Scrapped in Spain 1978

Completed after a fire in 1923, burned out in 1939, repaired & refitted as a cargo vessel. 1962 became a fish-factory & refrigeration ship

Completed after a fire in 1923, burned out in 1939, repaired & refitted as a cargo vessel.

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No.308 Achilles launched in 1920

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11,426grt for Blue Funnel Line by Scott’s, Greenock

Blenheim 1940 British Admiralty

Scrapped in Barrow 1948

HMS BLENHEIM, DESTROYER DEPOT AND REPAIR SHIP. 3 NOVEMBER 1943, GREENOCK. © IWM.
HMS BLENHEIM (FL 2374) At anchor. Copyright: © IWM
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