No.368 Albert Ballin launched in 1922

21,131grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Hansa 1935 Hamburg-America Line

Sovietski Sojus 1953 USSR

Tobolsk 1980 USSR

Scrapped Hong Kong 1982

Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.890 Jean Mermoz launched in 1956

12,460grt for Cie de Nav Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre by Penhoët, St Nazaire

Mermoz 1970 Paquet Cruises

Serenade 1999 Louis Cruise Line

Serena 2008 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2008

Image attribution: Pascal Riteau, Tony Davis, Didier Deman & Ian Boyle

Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.1289 Akedemik Nikolay Pilugin launched in 1991

28,550GT Satellite Tracking Ship from Admiralty Shipyard, Leningrad IMO: 9064126

Seven Seas Navigator 1999 Regent Seven Seas by Mariotti, Genoa

Image attribution: Neven Jerković, Tony Davis & Wayne A’Court

Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.690 Maréchal Pétain launched in 1944

from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat

Sank & raised in 1946 and the renamed La Marseillaise’s hull was towed to Toulon then later La Ciotat

Completed July 1949 17,321grt for Messageries Maritimes from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat

Arosa Sky 1957 Arosa Line

Bianca C 1958 Costa Line

Fire, sank Grenada 1961

La Marseillaise built in 1949 for The Messageries Maritimes by artist Rene Mambrini.

Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.691 General M M Patrick launched in 1944

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

Boston 1968 Sea Land Service

Scrapped Texas 2010

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22150.htm

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.692 General W C Langfitt launched in 1944

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

Transindiana 1969 Hudson Waterways

Scrapped Brownsville 1983

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22151.htm

USAT General W. C. Langfitt arriving Yokohama, Japan, circa 1948.

Ex-USS General W. C. Langfitt in merchant service as the Seatrain Corp. containership SS Transindiana berthed at Bremerhaven, Germany in July 1970.

SS Transindiana approaching Hoboken, N.J. in May 1978.

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Container Ship, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.693 Admiral C F Hughes launched in 1944

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

Gen Edwin D Patrick 1947 US Army

Scrapped Brownsville 2011

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22124.htm

Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.694 General Omar Bundy launched in 1944

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

Portmar 1964 Calmar SS Co

Port 1976 Ashley Steamship Co

Poet 1979 Hawaiian Eugenia

Sank Atlantic 1980

Portmar

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.1290 Majesty of the Seas launched in 1991

73,937GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire

Majesty of the Oceans 2020

Majesty 2021

Laid up in Piraeus area

Image attribution: Matthew Brierley & my photo

Majesty of the Seas by Rob McLewee

Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship, Static ship | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.331 Peninsula State launched in 1921

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

President Pierce 1922 United States Line

President Roosevelt 1922 United States Line

Joseph T. Dickman 1941 US Navy

Scrapped in Oakland 1948

Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura & Percy Loomis Sperr

USS Joseph T.Dickmann at anchor c1943

Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment