No.1891 Carnival Horizon launched in 2017

133,956GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9767091

Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Cliff Saunders, JD Schwartz & Tony Davis

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No.300 Buckeye State launched in 1920

1920grt for 14,123 US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point

President Taft 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co

Williard A. Holbrook 1941 US Army

Scrapped Maryland 1952

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22044.htm

Willard A. Holbrook in Australia

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No.389 Camranh launched in 1923

10,193grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes

Brazza 1927 Chargeurs Réunis

Torpedoed by U 37 off Oporto in 1940

Images from Rich Turnwald Collection

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No.390 Ascania launched in 1923

14,013grt for Cunard Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle

Scrapped in Newport 1957

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color – ASCANIA & CARINTHIA Montreal 1956

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No.679 General E T Collins launched in 1944

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California

New Orleans 1969 Containership Chartering

Guayama 1975 Puerto Rico Marit

Eastern Kin 1981 United Southern Shipping

Sank in the Pacific 1982

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22147.htm

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No.701 General C H Muir launched in 1944

10,654grt for US Navy by Kaiser, Richmond California

Chicago 1969 Pacific Far East Line

San Juan 1976 Farrell Lines

Scrapped 1988

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22142.htm

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No.702 Admiral H T Mayo launched in 1944

17,100grt for US Navy Bethlehem Steel Co from Alameda, California

Gen Nelson M Walker 1947 US Army

Scrapped Brownsville 2004

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22125.htm

Image attribution: Rene Beauchamp

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No.891 Sylvania launched in 1956

21,989grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank

Fairwind 1968 Fairwind Shipping (Sitmar)

Sitmar Fairwind 1988 Sitmar Cruises

Dawn Princess 1988 Princess Cruises

Albatros 1993 Phoenix Reisen

Genoa 2004 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2004

Image: Vincent Neale, Brian Fisher, Masato Nishiguchi & Peter Knego

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No.892 Theodor Herzl launched in 1957

10,596grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg

Carnivale 1969 New Horizons

Freeport 1975 New Horizons

Veracruz I 1976 Freeport Cruise Liners

Sun Ambassador 1990 Festival Shipping

The Fiesta 1991 Festival Shipping

Fire, sank Piraeus 1991

Images: Frank Scherer, John Emery & Andrew del Valle‎

Cut into seven pieces and refloated from March to April of 1991 for scrapping in Piraeus by Dutch based salvage company JtH marine consultancy.

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No.917 Galileo Galilei launched 2 Jul 1961

Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1963

27,907grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone IMO 5411254

Galileo 1984 Chandris Line

Meridian 1990 Chandris subsidiary Celebrity Cruises (their first ship)

Sun Vista 1997 Sun Cruises

Fire, sank near Penang Island 1999

Image attribution: Don Hazeldine (Snr) in Aden 1965

Image attribution: Don Hazeldine (Jnr) … me

Image attribution: Ben Ayre

Image attribution: Chris Howell

Image attribution: DDGHansa

Image attribution: Tim Noble

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