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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.723 Ernie Pyle launched in 1945
12,420 grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Green Lake 1965 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped in Kaohsiung Ernest Taylor Pyle was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and war correspondent known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during … Continue reading
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Ernie Pyle, Green Lake, Kaiser, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.724 Marine Perch launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Richmond California Yellowstone 1965 Rio Grande Transport Collision & sank 1978 (For once I’m struggling for a decent image)
No.725 Marine Carp launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Vancouver Green Springs 1968 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22199.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Green Springs, Kaiser, Marine Carp, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.726 Marine Lynx launched in 1945
12,420 US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Transcolumbia 1967 Hudson Waterways Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1988 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22194.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Kaiser, Marine Lynx, Transcolumbia, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.727 Marine Marlin launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Vancouver Green Bay 1965 Central Gulf SS Corp Sunk by Vietcong 1971, later scrapped in Hong Kong http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22201.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship
Tagged Green Bay, Hong Kong, Kaiser, Marine Marlin, sunk, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver, Vietcong
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No.728 Marine Phoenix launched in 1945
12,420 US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Mohawk 1967 Mohawk Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22195.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Kaiser, Marine Phoenix, Mohawk, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.306 Wolverine State launched in 1920
10,533 US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Harrison 1922 Dollar Line Kachidoki Maru 1941 Japanese Transport Torpedoed by US Submarines in 1944. Tragic wartime episodes for both the US & Japanese operators of the vessel. Image … Continue reading
No.319 Windsor Castle launched in 1921
18,967grt for Union-Castle Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedo bombed off Algiers 1943 Modified in the 1930s, new bow, funnels replaced with 2 larger ones and new lifeboat davits.Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Algiers, Clydebank, John Brown, torpedoed, Union Castle, Windsor Castle
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The World's Passenger Ships 