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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.
Tag Archives: US Navy
No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944
17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General W H Gordon, Kaohsiung, Kearny, US Navy
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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1999 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm
No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921
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
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Admiral Oriental, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Harris, Pine Tree Mariner, President Grant, Sparrow's Point, US Maritime Commission, US Navy, US Shipping Board, Wilmington
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No.691 General M M Patrick launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Boston 1968 Sea Land Service Scrapped Texas 2010 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22150.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Boston, General M M Patrick, Kaiser, Richmond California, Texas, US Navy
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No.692 General W C Langfitt launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Transindiana 1969 Hudson Waterways Scrapped Brownsville 1983 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22151.htm USAT General W. C. Langfitt arriving Yokohama, Japan, circa 1948. Ex-USS General W. C. Langfitt in merchant service as the Seatrain Corp. containership SS … Continue reading
No.694 General Omar Bundy launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Portmar 1964 Calmar SS Co Port 1976 Ashley Steamship Co Poet 1979 Hawaiian Eugenia Sank Atlantic 1980 Portmar
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged American Export Line, General Omar Bundy, Kaiser, Poet, Portmar, Richmond California, sank, US Navy
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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.699 General M B Stewart launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Albany 1967 Albany River Transport Mission Viking 1974 Avondale Shipyards Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22140.htm
No.700 General A W Greely launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Hawaii Bear 1969 Pacific Far East Line Austral Glade 1976 Farrell Lines Pacific Enterprise 1979 American Pacific Caribe Enterprise 1982 American Pacific Scrapped 1986 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22141.htm
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