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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.
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No.651 James O’Hara launched on 1941
11,971grt for US Army by Seattle-Tacoma SB, Tacoma Scrapped Portland, OR 1968 Capacity Troops: 2,200 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03090.htm Underway in the Atlantic 8 June 1943, photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-14, based at Naval Air Station Weeksville, North Carolina (USA)
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged James O'Hara, Portland, Seattle-Tacoma SM, US Army
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No.653 Laid down as Mormacmail 1942
12,053grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Seattle Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma but launched as an aircraft carrier for US Navy HMS Tracker 1943 Royal Navy Corrientes 1949 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero Scrapped in Antwerp 1964
No.655 Aki Maru launched in 1942
11,409grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Trigger off Luzon 1944 Image attribution: Ueda Kihachiro
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aki Maru, Luzon, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Trigger
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No.656 Gulfport launched in 1942
12,097grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula David C. Shanks 1943 US Army Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22180.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship, US Army
Tagged David C Shanks, Gulfport, Ingalls, Pascagoula, US Army, US Government
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No.657 Pascagoula launched in 1942
12,093grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula George W. Goethals 1942 US Army Scrapped in Castellon 1970 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22182.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Castellon, George W Goethals, Ingalls, Pascagoula, US Army, US Government
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No.658 USS Glacier launched in 1943
14,687grt for US Navy Seattle-Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma HMS Atheling 1943 Royal Navy Roma 1950 Flotta Lauro Scrapped in Savona 1967 Sistership SYDNEY was renamed ROMA 1967-1970 (to confuse matters) 2 images from Fremantle Ports Roma as a cargo ship
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Flotta Lauro, HMS Atheling, Roma, Royal Navy, Savona, Seattle-Tacoma SM, Tacoma, US Navy, USS Glacier
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No.659 Pass Christian launched in 1942
12,093grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula Fred C. Ainsworth 1943 US Army Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22181.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Fred C Ainsworth, Ingalls, Pascagoula, Pass Christian, US Army, US Government
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No.660 USS Jamaica launched in 1942
12053grt for US Navy by Seattle Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma HMS Shah 1943 Royal Navy Salta 1949 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero Scrapped in Buenos Aires 1966 During the LAKONIA fire in Dec 1963, the Argentine passenger ship Salta arrived … Continue reading
No.661 Awa Maru launched in 1942
11,249grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Queenfish in the Pacific 1945
Posted in Hospital ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Awa Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, torpedoed, USS Queenfish
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