Category Archives: US Shipping Board 535ft Class

No.292 Keystone State launched in 1920

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

14,127grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President McKinley 1922 Admiral Oriental J. Franklin Bell 1940 US Navy Scrapped in Los Angeles 1949 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr

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No.296 Bay State launched in 1920

Posted on May 28, 2023 by donships

14,187grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Madison 1922 Admiral Oriental President Quezon 1939 Philippine Mail Line Ran aground on ship’s delivery voyage (oops), later raised & scrapped Japan 1940

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No.297 Golden State launched in 1920

Posted on May 28, 2023 by donships

14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Newport News, Newport News President Cleveland 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Tasker H. Bliss 1941 US Army Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942 U-130 sank 3 US troopships; Edward Rutledge, Hugh L. Scott … Continue reading →

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No.298 Granite State launched in 1920

Posted on May 28, 2023 by donships

10,533grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Polk 1922 United States Line, then Dollar Line President Taylor 1940 US Army Stranded Canton 1942

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No.300 Buckeye State launched in 1920

Posted on May 25, 2023 by donships

1920grt for 14,123 US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Taft 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Williard A. Holbrook 1941 US Army Scrapped Maryland 1952 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22044.htm Willard A. Holbrook in Australia

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No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

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

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No.329 Palmetto State launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

13,712grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point Pan America 1922 Munson Line Hunter Ligget 1939 US Army Scrapped Baltimore 1948 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr BREMEN and PAN AMERICA in New York. Aug.1, 1931 by Percy … Continue reading →

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No.331 Peninsula State launched in 1921

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

14,187grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Pierce 1922 United States Line President Roosevelt 1922 United States Line Joseph T. Dickman 1941 US Navy Scrapped in Oakland 1948 Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura & Percy Loomis … Continue reading →

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No.334 Nutmeg State launched in 1921

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

13,712grt for US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point Western World 1922 Munson Line Leonard Wood 1941 US Army Scrapped in Vancouver 1948 Image from Rich Turnwald

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No.278 Wenatchee launched in 1919

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

14,174grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Jefferson 1922 Admiral Oriental Henry T. Allen 1941 US Navy President Jefferson 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1948 SS Wenatchee arrives in Seattle USS Henry T.Allen (APA-15) … Continue reading →

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