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''Matsonia'' may refer to one of these ships operated by the Matson Navigation Company: * , served as USS ''Matsonia'' (ID-1589) during World War I; sold to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed ''Etolin''; served as United States Army troopship USAT ''Etolin'' during World War II; placed in reserve fleet in 1946, scrapped in 1957. * , originally named ''Malolo'', was renamed ''Matsonia'' in 1937; served as War Shipping Administration troopship during World War II; later sold to Home Lines and operated as ''Atlantic'' and, later, ''Queen Frederica''; damaged by fire in 1978, she was scrapped three years later. * SS ''Matsonia'' (1931), originally named ''Monterey'', then renamed in 1957, before being sold and becoming ''Lurline'' and then ''Britanis'' for
Chandris Lines Chandris Line was a Greece-based shipping company founded in 1960 by Anthony Chandris to operate ocean liners between Greece and Australia.#Plowman, Plowman (2006–1). pp. 5–6. Initially the company also traded under the names ''Greek Australia ...
, operating as a cruise ship for the until 2000, when she was sold for scrap and sank on her way to Indian ship breakers. * , steam turbine roll-on/roll-off ship, later converted to ro/ro-containership; still in service as at September 2018. * A new ro/ro-containership ''Matsonia'' was ordered in 2016 for delivery in 2019/2020.


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