No.727 Marine Marlin launched in 1945

12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Vancouver

Green Bay 1965 Central Gulf SS Corp

Sunk by Vietcong 1971, later scrapped in Hong Kong

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No.728 Marine Phoenix launched in 1945

12,420 US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver

Mohawk 1967 Mohawk Shipping

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979

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No.301 Empire State launched in 1920

14,127grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden

President Wilson 1920 Pacific Mail SS Co

Maria Pipa 1940 Ybarra y Cia

Cabo de Hornos 1940 Ybarra y Cia

Scrapped in Aviles 1959

PRESIDENT WILSON

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No.306 Wolverine State launched in 1920

10,533 US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden

President Harrison 1922 Dollar Line

Kachidoki Maru 1941 Japanese Transport

Torpedoed by US Submarines in 1944. Tragic wartime episodes for both the US & Japanese operators of the vessel.

Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura

PRESIDENT HARRISON and FRANCONIA. Sep. 13, 1932 in New York by Percy Loomis Sperr

PRESIDENT HARRISON in San Francisco. Jan. 16, 1924

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No.307 Hoosier State launched in 1920

14,187grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden

President Lincoln 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co

Maria del Carmen 1940 Ybarra y Cia

Cabo de Buena Esperanza 1940 Ybarra y Cia

Scrapped in Barcelona 1958; Image Marinos Mercantes

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No.319 Windsor Castle launched in 1921

18,967grt for Union-Castle Line by John Brown, Clydebank

Torpedo bombed off Algiers 1943

Modified in the 1930s, new bow, funnels replaced with 2 larger ones and new lifeboat davits.
Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.371 Westphalia launched in 1923

11,343grt for Hamburg-America Line from Howaldt Kiel, Kiel

General Artigas 1930 Hamburg-South America Line

Bombed Hamburg 1943

Image attribution: Edson Lucas on Ship Spotting

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No.372 Philoctetes launched in 1922

11,446grt for Blue Funnel Line by Scott´s, Greenock

Scrapped in Newport 1948

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No.373 Sarpedon launched as 1923

11,321grt for Blue Funnel Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Scrapped in Newport 1953

Image attribution: Trove Australia National Library via Gordy Ross

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No.374 Patroclus launched in 1923

11,314grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock

Torpedoed by U 99 off Ireland on 1940

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