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Shipping Administration (WSA) took over all ocean transport operations and had the ship converted into a troop ship. The work was carried out from 2 January 1942 to 1 March 1942, and included the installation of a hospital. The ship, a large and fast vessel capable of independent voyages
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were revised, increasing Panama
Pacific's costs by $ 37,000 per year. As a result of these cost increases and continuing labor difficulties Panama Pacific discontinued its New York β California service and took all three liners out of service.
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left San
Francisco for Manila and Yokohama. On 15 February 1946 she left Yokohama carrying European diplomats and dignitaries whom Japan had detained during the Second World War, and wounded US soldiers. She sailed
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built with turbo-electric propulsion. When launched in 1927 she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in the US, although she was a modest size compared with the biggest
European liners of her era.
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as hull 377. New propellers were fitted. All three sisters were fireproofed to comply with
Federal safety regulations, which had been revised as a result of the fire in 1934 that destroyed the liner
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International
Mercantile Marine, sponsored the launch. The ship left New York for the Pacific Coast on 28 January 1928 to begin the regular route between the coasts by way of the Panama Canal.
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was extensively modernised and her interior was completely restyled in a restrained style designed by
William F Schorn, who at the same time designed the new interior of her sister ship
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s funnel would have been buff with a black top. A broad green band divided the buff from the black. On each side of the funnel the green band bore a red capital M within a white disk.
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and her library was dedicated in memory of Thomas K Locke, a Moore-McCormack employee who died on active service as an infantry captain in the Second World War. On 12 February
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struck a submerged object that damaged and disabled one of her propellers. This caused excessive vibration, so she diverted to
Newport News for the propeller to be repaired.
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and the convoy kept close to shore because of the threat of German U-boats. The inshore voyage was rough and all the cadets were seasick, but their team beat the Navy 23β7.
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and penetrated her hospital, killing 13 soldiers and injuring 50. One injured soldier, Sergeant Cecil Davis, landed on the tanker's deck, where he was not discovered until
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to be the least efficient of the three sister ships, so in 1954 the company withdrew her from service. She completed her last South
American voyage when she docked in the
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achieved her fastest time from Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad, covering the distance in six days, 14 hours and 42 minutes and averaging 19.95 knots (36.95 km/h).
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withdrew all maritime mail subsidies, which by then included a total of $ 450,000 per year for Panama Pacific's three liners. At the beginning of March 1938 the
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without escort, was operated by WSA agents and allocated in support of Army troop transport requirements with a passenger capacity of 4,473.
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to bare metal, 87 of her steel plates and 85,000 rivets were replaced before she was repainted. Work was delayed by a shipyard workers'
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were improved, her air conditioning was extended to her tourist class accommodation, a new swimming pool was installed, and her
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spent most of 1944 and the first half of 1945 crossing and re-crossing the North Atlantic. On 5 February she left New York for
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and then San Francisco. On 22 September she left San Francisco and returned to Manila. On 22 November she left
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for sale. In 1964 she was sold to the North American Smelting Co of
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4,473 troops; 212,325 cubic feet (6,012 m) cargo
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s crew contained the damage by building a temporary
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2497:"Heart Attack at Sea Is Fatal to W.A. Sutherland".
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2251:"Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company"
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1264:for saving many lives, his ship and her cargo.
681:in 1948, laid up in 1954 and scrapped in 1964.
3282:Troop ships of the War Shipping Administration
2697:"Item # FCPPG-2 The Steamship S.S. California"
2563:The Last Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
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1262:Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal
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2221:"Largest American Built Passenger Liner"
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2588:"The Paddle Wheel to Electric Drive"
2532:Welcome Aboard Moore-McCormack Lines
2477:Welcome Aboard Moore-McCormack Lines
2451:Welcome Aboard Moore-McCormack Lines
2360:Grace, Michael L (19 October 2012).
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2008:Welcome Aboard Moore-McCormack Lines
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1389:Gibraltar and the Panama Canal to
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2362:"History β Moore-McCormack Lines"
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2653:Detailed description of ship,
2603:All About Ships & Shipping
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2614:Talbot-Booth, EC (1942) .
2601:Harnack, Edwin P (1938) .
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2406:Troopships of World War II
2403:Charles, Roland W (1947).
1714:Troopships of World War II
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1036:the Caribbean, Brazil and
516:80.3 ft (24.5 m)
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2569:W.W. Norton & Company
2330:Maritime Administration.
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1349:ArmyβNavy football game
1292:International Date Line
1118:301st Bombardment Group
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2678:Pacific Marine Review
2668:Pacific Marine Review
2655:Pacific Marine Review
2255:Pacific Marine Review
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1688:In 1950 the novelist
1631:In February 1943 the
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1247:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1078:the Panama Canal and
1007:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1580:Wilmington, Delaware
1504:On 10 February 1948
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1011:Good Neighbor policy
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1677:In 1948 the golfer
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1485:On 23 January 1948
1431:In US Army service
1412:On 17 January 1946
1196:On 8 February 1943
1192:on 12 February 1943
827:Panama Pacific Line
266:Mrs. Roland Palmedo
137:Panama Pacific Line
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2593:Popular Mechanics
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2366:Cruising the Past
1633:American Football
1618:Leopold Stokowski
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1424:On 20 April 1946
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2680:, February 1928
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2647:
2607:Faber and Faber
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2290:
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1799:
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1779:
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1707:
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931:
923:
920:Pennsylvania
919:
915:
904:
886:
882:
879:Oct 10, 1936
876:
862:Pennsylvania
861:
857:
853:
852:until 1938.
850:Panama Canal
845:
834:
825:
820:
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807:
802:
795:
794:
781:
780:
774:
748:
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742:Pennsylvania
740:
735:
726:
721:
714:J. P. Morgan
694:sister ships
689:
688:
678:
674:
662:
660:
659:was renamed
656:
654:
643:
641:
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630:
624:Pennsylvania
623:
616:sister ships
593:Sensors and
494:
490:Displacement
479:20,183
474:
463:17,833
458:
343:Code letters
307:
274:January 1928
220:Buenos Aires
185:Panama Canal
81:
74:
36:
2858:Iron Knight
2701:Photographs
2620:Sampson Low
2306:Draper 1930
2150:Draper 1930
1660:Glenn Davis
1637:Bear Bryant
1582:for scrap.
1565:Fort Eustis
1546:North River
1364:Southampton
1300:Los Angeles
1181:Oil tanker
1129:Nova Scotia
1082:, reaching
967:state rooms
890:in port at
805:bathrooms.
790:gyrocompass
649:ocean liner
605:(from 1934)
603:gyrocompass
601:equipment;
459:California:
437:ocean liner
239:Yard number
206:(return) β
202:(outbound)/
198:New York β
189:Los Angeles
179:New York β
84:(1938β1964)
3262:1927 ships
3256:Categories
3243:March 1943
3035:HMCS
2994:Haltenbank
2805:HMCS
2780:Dorchester
2745:Shipwrecks
2686:California
2663:California
2596:: 898β902.
2578:0393059820
2514:Barra 2005
1860:. London:
1818:. London:
1782:. London:
1724:References
1692:sailed on
1681:sailed on
1600:California
1594:died of a
1249:decorated
1168:Casablanca
1054:Troop ship
1045:California
1038:Montevideo
995:California
981:California
977:California
960:California
950:California
916:California
887:California
877:California
854:California
835:California
821:California
810:California
796:California
782:California
775:New Mexico
763:or 17,000
749:California
727:California
722:California
690:California
657:California
644:California
555:twin screw
544:Propulsion
287:In service
216:Montevideo
97:California
75:California
3195:USS
3184:USS
3159:Salamonie
3157:USS
3148:Swordfish
3146:USS
3125:USS
3092:HMS
3074:HMS
3047:Stockport
2937:Amberjack
2935:USS
2900:Castilian
2880:Pan Royal
2807:Louisburg
2768:HMS
2755:USS
2332:"Uruguay"
1700:Footnotes
1649:Salamonie
1491:sea trial
1403:San Pedro
1345:Baltimore
1318:Liverpool
1280:Fremantle
1228:Salamonie
1204:Salamonie
1202:USS
1185:Salamonie
1183:USS
1148:Gibraltar
1088:Melbourne
1080:Bora Bora
1015:Argentina
946:drydocked
773:USS
732:s sister
672:troopship
445:(1942β46)
443:troopship
379:Call sign
271:Completed
247:Laid down
195:(1928β37)
157:(1947β54)
145:(1938β42)
139:(1928β38)
124:(1938β64)
77:(1928β38)
3193:17 Feb:
3182:16 Feb:
3172:15 Feb:
3155:12 Feb:
3083:27 Feb:
3066:24 Feb:
3044:23 Feb:
3021:22 Feb:
3011:21 Feb:
3001:20 Feb:
2972:19 Feb:
2944:17 Feb:
2933:16 Feb:
2923:15 Feb:
2913:13 Feb:
2897:12 Feb:
2887:11 Feb:
2829:Kalliopi
2770:Welshman
2763:Makigumo
2757:De Haven
2637:99490905
2559:(2005).
2418:47004779
1641:en route
1620:and his
1616:In 1940
1605:In 1939
1574:offered
1477:SS
1459:' No. 1
1439:Post-war
1407:Yokohama
1399:Honolulu
1372:Le Havre
1308:Tasmania
1276:Brisbane
1243:bulkhead
1084:Auckland
1072:Brooklyn
999:Virginia
924:Virginia
858:Virginia
839:New York
803:en suite
736:Virginia
704:for the
685:Building
655:In 1938
631:Virginia
585:Capacity
475:Uruguay:
326:New York
323:Homeport
255:Launched
204:Trinidad
200:Barbados
168:New York
131:Operator
91:Namesake
3197:Sawfish
3186:Sawfish
3165:Uruguay
3144:7 Feb:
3134:6 Feb:
3127:Grouper
3123:4 Feb:
3037:Weyburn
2975:Fresnel
2877:9 Feb:
2848:8 Feb:
2814:7 Feb:
2803:6 Feb:
2793:4 Feb:
2777:3 Feb:
2753:1 Feb:
2690:Uruguay
2550:Sources
2423:21 July
2342:21 July
2291:21 July
2265:21 July
2235:21 July
1694:Uruguay
1683:Uruguay
1672:Uruguay
1645:Uruguay
1626:Uruguay
1611:Uruguay
1598:aboard
1576:Uruguay
1554:Uruguay
1550:Tugboat
1542:Uruguay
1535:Uruguay
1528:Uruguay
1524:Uruguay
1517:Uruguay
1513:pennant
1506:Uruguay
1495:Uruguay
1487:Uruguay
1473:Uruguay
1445:Uruguay
1433:Uruguay
1426:Uruguay
1414:Uruguay
1383:Livorno
1379:Uruguay
1360:Uruguay
1353:Uruguay
1337:Uruguay
1314:Uruguay
1296:Uruguay
1288:Equator
1268:Uruguay
1251:Uruguay
1236:Uruguay
1232:Bermuda
1217:Uruguay
1209:Uruguay
1198:Uruguay
1190:Uruguay
1141:Uruguay
1137:Swansea
1133:Gourock
1125:Halifax
1111:Uruguay
1104:Uruguay
1068:Uruguay
1060:Uruguay
1027:Uruguay
1023:Uruguay
932:Uruguay
679:Uruguay
675:Uruguay
670:as the
663:Uruguay
536:17,000
495:Uruguay
452:Tonnage
310:in 1938
308:Uruguay
303:Renamed
229:Builder
102:Uruguay
82:Uruguay
47:History
37:Uruguay
3175:Ro-106
3137:Ro-100
3103:HNoMS
3094:Tigris
3076:Vandal
2992:V 408
2962:, USS
2852:Bredon
2635:
2575:
2537:20 May
2482:21 May
2456:20 May
2416:
2371:19 May
2202:19 May
2132:20 May
2013:20 May
1868:20 May
1864:. 1940
1826:19 May
1822:. 1934
1790:19 May
1786:. 1933
1635:coach
1499:Nassau
1479:Brazil
1469:strike
1391:Manila
1368:Solent
1322:Boston
1304:Hobart
1284:Bombay
1258:Master
1019:Brazil
532:2,833
502:Length
339:227115
212:Santos
181:Havana
3105:Uredd
3069:U-649
3059:U-522
3053:U-443
3030:U-606
3024:U-225
3014:U-623
3004:Εshio
2987:U-562
2981:U-268
2965:YP-72
2959:U-205
2953:U-201
2926:U-529
2916:U-620
2906:U-442
2841:U-624
2835:U-609
2796:U-187
2786:U-265
2410:(PDF)
1858:(PDF)
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1780:(PDF)
1395:Leyte
1298:left
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1115:USAAF
1048:'
984:'
971:after
963:'
813:'
799:'
730:'
610:Notes
577:Range
562:Speed
521:Depth
315:Refit
174:Route
110:Owner
3226:1944
3218:1943
3210:1942
3085:HMT
2947:U-69
2890:I-18
2850:HMT
2633:LCCN
2573:ISBN
2539:2013
2484:2013
2458:2013
2425:2019
2414:LCCN
2373:2013
2344:2019
2293:2019
2267:2019
2237:2019
2204:2013
2195:Time
2134:2013
2015:2013
1870:2013
1828:2013
1792:2013
1666:and
1639:was
1405:for
1224:hull
1152:Oran
1131:and
1021:and
922:and
860:and
848:the
841:and
513:Beam
431:Type
418:Fate
290:1928
68:Name
1563:at
1451:of
1419:via
1387:via
1272:via
1213:bow
1158:in
1150:to
1145:via
1122:via
1076:via
1034:via
1009:'s
930:SS
846:via
819:SS
765:shp
761:NHP
757:RPM
734:SS
716:'s
661:SS
642:SS
629:SS
622:SS
538:shp
534:NHP
507:p/p
493:as
481:GRT
473:as
469:NRT
465:GRT
457:as
306:SS
242:315
80:SS
73:SS
3258::
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3090:,
3072:,
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3033:,
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