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No.824 United States launched 1951

53,329grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News Laid up at Philadelphia Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Steve Walker

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No.315 Lone Star State launched in 1920

14,187grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Taft 1922 United States Lines President Harding 1922 United States Lines Ville de Bruges 1940 Soc Maritime Anversoise Bombed Netherlands 1940 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr PRESIDENT HARDING … Continue reading

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No.285 Old North State launched in 1920

10,533 gross registered tons for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden 157.3m x 19m 14 kts 78 passengers in 1st class President van Buren 1922 United States Lines President Fillmore 1940 American President Lines Marigold 1944 US … Continue reading

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No.286 Panhandle State launched in 1920

10,533grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Monroe 1922 United States Lines President Buchanan 1940 American President Lines Emily H.M. Weder 1944 US Army President Buchanan 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped San Francisco 1956 http://www.navsource.org/archives/30/08/0806.htm

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No.331 Peninsula State launched in 1921

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.633 America launched in 1939

33,961grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News West Point 1942 US Navy America 1946 United States Lines Australis 1964 Chandris Line Italis 1978 Chandris Line Noga 1980 Cia Noga Alferdoss 1984 Silvermoon Ferries American Star 1993 … Continue reading

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No.211 Vaterland launched in 1913

54,282grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Leviathan 1917 United States Lines Scrapped in Rosyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.129 George Washington launched in 1908

25,570grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin George Washington 1921 United States Line Catlin 1941 US Navy George Washington 1941 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1951 USS Catlin

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No.95 Servian launched in 1903

18,072grt Originally christened as the SS Servian, she was built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. of Belfast for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine Co. spearheaded by J.P. Morgan. After plans for a … Continue reading

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No.556 Washington launched in 1932

29,627grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Mount Vernon 1941 US Navy Washington 1945 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Kearny 1965 (Stern view – Washington at Wilmington. August 8, 1940 by Pacific National) Daryl LeBlanc color

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