No.332 Hakone Maru launched in 1921

10,423grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Bombed off Formosa 1943

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No.333 Mosella launched in 1921

10,250grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Jamaique 1928 Chargeurs Réunis

Scrapped in Ghent 1954

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No.334 Nutmeg State launched in 1921

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

Western World 1922 Munson Line

Leonard Wood 1941 US Army

Scrapped in Vancouver 1948

Image from Rich Turnwald

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No.335 Sophocles launched in 1921

12,361grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Tamaroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Scrapped in Blyth 1957

(from The Trove Australia National Library) SOPHOCLES at the Aberdeen wharf at Millers Point, Sydney

SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in 1956

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No.336 Moldavia launched in 1921

16,277grt for P & O Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Second funnel fitted in 1928

Scrapped Newport 1938

Image attribution: The Old P&O

Moldavia (right) and Oronsay

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No.337 Tuscania launched in 1921

16,991grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow

Nea Hellas 1939 Greek Line

New York 1955 Greek Line

Scrapped in Onomichi 1961

New York in Southampton 19th July 1959 – John Gibbard

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No.338 Hobsons Bay launched in 1921

13,837grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow

Esperance Bay 1936 Aberdeen & Commonwealth

Scrapped in Faslane 1955

Image attribution: Allan Green Collection

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No.1699 Bo Hai Yin Zhu launched in 2007

19,847GT for Bo Hai Ferry Co by Shandong Huanghai, Shidau IMO: 9486219

Not to be confused with the identical Bo Hai Jin Zhu !!

Image attribution: Gena Anfimov

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No.1700 AIDAdiva launched in 2007

69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334856

Image attribution: David Sky, Neil Hopper and Joost Keesing

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No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944

17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines

Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co

President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines

Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line

Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping

Funtastica 1992 Ares Shipping (never sailed)

Terrifica 1992 Ares Shipping (never sailed)

Sapphire Seas 1992 Eastern Steamships

Ocean Explorer I 1998 Hotel Ship

Scrapped Alang 2003

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22118.htm

USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) docks at New York City, 7 June 1945, with returning GIs.

Ex-USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) in merchant service as the Hawaiian Steam Ship Co.’s cruise ship SS Leilani docking or undocking at San Francisco, CA., circa February 1957-December 1958.
Photo from San Francisco Port Authority collection.

Image from Rich Turnwald

Sapphire Seas from Elad Ben Dor‎

Image attribution: Henry Casciaro

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