No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921

14,119grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point

President Grant 1922 Admiral Oriental

Harris 1940 US Navy

President Grant 1946 US Maritime Commission

Scrapped in Wilmington 1947

Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr

https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03002.htm

USS Harris

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No.323 Antonia launched in 1921

13,867grt for Cunard Line from Vickers, Barrow

Wayland 1944 British Admiralty

Scrapped in Troon, Scotland 1948

Image attribution: http://hmsausonia.co.uk

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No.324 City of Paris launched in 1921

10,902grt for Ellerman Lines from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Scrapped in Newport 1956

Image attribution: John Crossland

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No.325 Ausonia launched in 1921

13,912grt for Cunard Line by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle

Scrapped in Castlellon 1965

From 1942 she was a Royal Navy heavy repair ship.

The oldest ship in my database that I’ve seen – Gibraltar 1964

Photo from Richard Cox

Ausonia in dock as the ANDES enters the Bay of Gibraltar – Aug 1964

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No.326 Balranald launched in 1921

13,039grt for P & O Branch Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock

Scrapped in Troon 1936

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No.327 Laconia launched in 1921

19,680grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Torpedoed by U 156 in the South Atlantic 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921)

From Rich Turnwald

U-156 37-35 Laconia 1942 09 15

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No.328 Moreton Bay launched in 1921

13,850grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow

Scrapped in Barrow 1957

Allan Green Collection

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No.329 Palmetto State launched in 1921

13,712grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point

Pan America 1922 Munson Line

Hunter Ligget 1939 US Army

Scrapped Baltimore 1948

Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr

BREMEN and PAN AMERICA in New York. Aug.1, 1931 by Percy Loomis Speer

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No.330 Largs Bay launched in 1921

13,851grt for Commonwealth Government Line by Beardmore, Glasgow

Scrapped in Barrow 1957

From the Allan Green Collection

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No.1773 Marina launched in 2010

66,084GT for Oceania Cruises from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente

Image attribution: Joost Keesing, Neven Jerković, Mike Burke & Vitor Francisco

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