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SS Argentina was a US turbo-electric ocean liner. [1] She was completed in 1929 as SS Pennsylvania , and refitted and renamed as SS Argentina in 1938. [ 2 ] From 1942 to 1946 she was the War Shipping Administration operated troopship Argentina . [ 6 ]
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Seohae Ferry – was a passenger ship that sank near Wi-do island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. 292 1996 Malta: F174 – Severely overloaded and poorly maintained ship carrying migrants from South Asia, sank 19 miles off Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily. 283+
The last large passenger liner to be completed in the United States was Moore-McCormack Lines' SS Argentina in 1958. [ 4 ] The only US-built deep water passenger ships still in existence today are the SS United States (laid up), former converted cargo liner SS Medina (hotel ship), cargo/passenger liner NS Savannah (museum ship), and the partly ...
It equipped its ships with cold rooms, heating systems, and various other innovations but the operation was expensive. The sinking of two of its ships was a major blow to the company which was dissolved in 1858. [24] In 1858, Brunel built his third and last giant, SS Great Eastern. The ship was, for 43 years, the largest passenger ship ever built.
Cargo ship: For G. Lamy & Cie. [19] 5 June United States: Newport News Shipbuilding: Newport News, Virginia: Tippecanoe: Patoka-class oiler: For United States Navy: 10 June United Kingdom: Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd: Blyth: Bachi: Cargo ship: For Hijos de Astigarraga. [20] 17 June United Kingdom: Harland & Wolff: Belfast: Bonheur: A ...
Massilia was the third ship, also built at La Seyne. She was launched in 1914, but the First World War delayed her completion until 1920. [ 3 ] As Massilia was completed later she had a more modern 1920s décor than her running mates, which were very pre-War in their fittings.