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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.103 Amerika launched in 1905
22,225grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast America 1917 US Navy Edmund B Alexander 1941 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1958 Another vessel that sailed in both World Wars USAT EDMUND B. ALEXANDER. ex AMERIKA in New York … Continue reading
No.455 Conte Grande launched in 1927
25,661grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste Monticello 1942 US Navy Conte Grande 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Rhett Young Joubert Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Conte Grande, Itaalia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, Monticello, Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste, US Navy
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No.588 Windhuk launched in 1936
16,662grt for Woermann Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Lejeune 1943 US Navy Scrapped in Portland 1966 Sister of the Pretoria, later Empire Orwell (No.586) Windhuk, two paintings by Klaus Roskam USS Lejeune
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Lejeune, Portland, US Navy, Windhuk, Woermann Line
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No.86 Minnesota launched in 1903
20,602grt for Great Northern SS Co from Eastern SB, New London Troy 1919 US Navy Minnesota 1919 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped Germany 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Great Northern SS, Minnesota, New London, Troy, US Navy
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No.65 Kronprinz Wilhelm launched in 1901
14,908grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Von Steuben 1917 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1923 Colour photos by Steve Walker Color
No.559 Normandie launched in 1932
83,423grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire Lafayette 1941 US Navy Fire New York 1942, Scrapped Port Newark 1946 Normandie at Plymouth Lighthouse, 1935. Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, French Line, Lafayette, New York, Normandie, Port Newark, US Navy
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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
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny, Mount Vernon, New York SB, United States Line, US Navy, Washington
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No.54 Neckar launched in 1900
10,085grt for North German Lloyd by Tecklenborg, Geestemunde Antigone 1917 US Navy Scrapped Netherlands 1928
No.551 Manhattan launched in 1931
24,289grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Wakefield 1941 US Navy Scrapped Kearny, NJ 1965 Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color – MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach Florida 12 Jan 1941 Manhattan outbound for Europe Oil painting … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny NJ, Manhattan, New York, United States Line, US Navy, Wakefield
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The World's Passenger Ships 