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SS Monterey (1952)
''Monterey'' was an American-built passenger ship. The ship was originally built as the freighter ''Free State Mariner,'' before being converted into a passenger liner and cruise ship that and served for over 50 years, ending her career with MSC Cruises. Service History Cargo ship: ''Free State Mariner'' On 29 May 1952, the ship was launched at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Bethlehem Shipbuilding shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland, Sparrow's Point, Maryland as the turbine general cargo ship ''Free State Mariner'' of the type C4-S-1a ( Mariner class ), hull number 4507. The class of ship was specifically designed to be fast and reliable freighters and were ordered by the United States Maritime Administration, U.S. Maritime Administration. On 8 December 1952, the US Maritime Commission took over the ship for use by the US Marine Corps. Matson Line Matson, Inc., Matson Navigation Company took over the ship on July 28, 1955. Matson undertook a $60 million shipbuil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the Marines, maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary warfare, expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, Aerial warfare, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Marine Corps has been part of the United States Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates List of United States Marine Corps installations, installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical Naval aviation, aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
