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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
Category Archives: Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships)
No.710 General J C Breckinridge launched in 1945
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22176.htm
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
No.682 General M C Meigs launched in 1944
17,707grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny In 1972 while under tow to the Suisun Bay layup facility, she broke her tow in a storm, and ran aground off the coast of Washington State, where she … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General M C Meigs, Kearny, US Navy
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No.687 General C G Morton launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Green Wave 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22138.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General C G Morton, Green Wave, Kaiser, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944
17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm
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Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General W H Gordon, Kaohsiung, Kearny, US Navy
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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1999 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm
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
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Funtastica, General W.P. Richardson, La Guardia, Leilani, Ocean Explorer, President Roosevelt, Sapphire Seas, Terrifica
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