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No.663 General G O Squier launched in 1942

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Pennmar 1964 Calmar SS Co Penn 1976 Alpine Shipping Penny 1978 American Coastal Scrapped Mombasa 1984 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22130.htm

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No.664 General T H Bliss launched in 1942

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California A troopship for 3000 troops Seamarr 1942 Calmar SS Co Caroni 1975 Cia An Venezolana Broken up in 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22131.htm

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No.665 General J R Brooke launched in 1943

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Marymar 1964 Calmar SS Co Mary 1976 Marlin Steamship Co Scrapped Kaohsiung 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22132.htm

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No.667 General O H Ernst launched in 1943

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Calmar 1964 Calmar SS Co Orinoco 1975 Cia An Venezolana Scrapped Brownsville 1978 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22133.htm

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No.722 Marine Swallow launched in 1945

12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Richmond California Missouri 1965 Meadowbrook Transport Ogden Missouri 1974 Ogden Missouri Transport Linnet 1977 Linnet Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1978

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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