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

Zeilin (APA-3)
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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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