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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.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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No.696 General R M Blatchford launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Stonewall Jackson 1970 Waterman Carriers Alex Stephens 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22153.htm USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) on a Magic Carpet cruise entering San Francisco Bay in 1945.
No.697 General William Weigel launched in 1944
17,812grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22119.htm
No.698 General Le Roy Eltinge launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Robert E Lee 1969 Waterman Carriers Robert Toombs 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22154.htm Photo – General Le Roy Eltinge at Sasebo, Japan 1951
No.341 Haruna Maru launched in 1921
10,421grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Stranded off Surga Bay 1942
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Haruna Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Surga Bay
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No.340 Andania launched in 1921
13,950grt for Cunard Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by UA 70 off Iceland 1944 Image attribution: Old Ship Picture Galleries
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andania, Cunard Line, Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, torpedoed, UA70
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No.621 Argentina Maru launched in 1938
12,755grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Kaiyo 1943 Japanese Navy Bombed Beppu Bay 1945
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Argentina Maru, Beppu Bay, Bombed, Japanese Navy, Kaiyo, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.623 Panama launched in 1938
10,603grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy James Parker 1941 US Army Panama 1946 Panama Railroad President Hoover 1957 American President Lines Regina 1964 Chandris Line Regina Prima 1973 Chandris Scrapped Aliaga 1985 Image attribution: Jack P Lewis … Continue reading
No.624 Chrobry launched in 1939
11,442grt for Gdynia-America Line by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Bombed Norway 1940 Image attribution: Naviearmatori Chrobry – Bombed Norway 1940
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, Chrobry, Gdynia-America Line, Nakskov, Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Norway
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No.627 Andes launched in 1939
25,689grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Ghent 1971 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes ANDES on trials ANDES arriving in Oslo in May 31st 1945, with the Norwegian Government in exile on board
Posted in Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andes, Belfast, Ghent, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 