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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.719 Marine Tiger launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Oakland 1966 Litton Industries Scrapped Taiwan 1987
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, troopship
Tagged Kaiser, Marine Tiger, Oakland, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941
11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Caroline Islands, Miike Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Trigger
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No.648 Empire Grace launched in 1941
13,478grt for Ministry of Transport by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Wairangi 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Ran aground on 14 August 1963 at Kanholmsfjärden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss. Arrived on 25 October 1963 at Faslane for scrapping … Continue reading
No.650 Frederick Funston launched in 1941
11,971grt for US Army from Seattle-Tacoma SB, Tacoma Scrapped 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03089.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship, US Army
Tagged Frederick Funston, Seattle-Tacoma SM, Tacoma, US Army
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No.351 Diogenes launched in 1922
12,341grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mataroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & The Alexander Turnbull Library Mataroa departing Wellington 1957
No.352 Hakozaki Maru launched in 1922
10,413grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine off Balao East China Sea 1945
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakozaki Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.355 Cap Norte launched in 1922
13,615grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Hamburg Sierra Salvada 1932 North German Lloyd Cap Norte 1934 Hamburg-South America Line Empire Trooper 1940 Ministry of Transport Scrapped Inverkeithing 1955 Image – Hans Flugge. NDL’s Sierra Salvada was taken in Funchal, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Cap Norte, Empire trooper, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Inverkeithing, Ministry of Transport, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Sierra Salvada, Vulcan
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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.683 General M L Hersey launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Pittsburgh 1968 Sea Land Service St Louis 1968 Sea Land Service Scrapped 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22148.htm U.S. Military Sea Transportation Service transport USNS General M. L. Hersey underway 1952
No.684 Admiral R E Coontz launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Alexander M Patch 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 2003 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22122.htm
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