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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: troopship
No.685 General J H McRae launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy Kaiser, Richmond California Transhawaii 1969 Hudson Waterways Aguadilla 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Amco Voyager 1985 Merchant Terminal Corp Voyager 1985 Janet Navigation Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 Image attribution: David Wright
No.686 General R E Callan launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California General H H Arnold 1963 US Air Force Scrapped 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22139.htm
No.362 Mongolia launched in 1922
16,385grt for P&O Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Rimutaka 1938 New Zealand Shipping Co Europa 1950 Cia de Nav Incres Panama Nassau 1951 Incres SS Co Acapulco 1961 Cia Nav Turistica Mexicana Scrapped in Osaka 1964 ACAPULCO from Richard MacGregory
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
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
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.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921
14,119grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Grant 1922 Admiral Oriental Harris 1940 US Navy President Grant 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1947 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03002.htm USS Harris
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Admiral Oriental, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Harris, Pine Tree Mariner, President Grant, Sparrow's Point, US Maritime Commission, US Navy, US Shipping Board, Wilmington
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No.324 City of Paris launched in 1921
10,902grt for Ellerman Lines from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Newport 1956 Image attribution: John Crossland
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged City of Paris, Ellerman Line, Newcastle, Newport, Swan Hunter
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No.327 Laconia launched in 1921
19,680grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 156 in the South Atlantic 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921) From Rich Turnwald U-156 37-35 Laconia 1942 09 15
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Laconia, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U156
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