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SS Brazil was a US turbo-electric ocean liner. She was completed in 1928 as Virginia , and refitted and renamed Brazil in 1938. [ 1 ] From 1942 to 1946 she was the War Shipping Administration operated troopship Brazil . [ 7 ]
SS Brasil was an American built ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1957. The ship was originally named Brasil for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. 's South American service, but was renamed a number of times.
SS Brazil (1928), completed in 1928 as SS Virginia, and refitted and renamed as Brazil in 1938. SS Brasil (1957), launched in 1957 by Ingalls Shipbuilding. Had numerous later names. Some ships are spelled with an "s" to match Portuguese spelling of the nation of Brazil
The SS Brazil Victory, United States Maritime Commission designation VC2-S-AP3, hull number 8 (V-8), was the eighth Victory ship built during World War II.Built in 113 days under the Emergency Shipbuilding program, the ship was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on March 30, 1944, and completed on May 26, 1944.
SS Brazil Victory: VC2-S-AP3 3 February 1944: 30 March 1944: 26 May 1944: Third ship marked V-8 in photo Victory Ships: 9 SS Panama Victory: VC2-S-AP3 5 February 1944: 3 April 1944: 30 May 1944: 10 SS Colombia Victory: VC2-S-AP3 11 February 1944: 10 April 1944: 31 May 1944: Became USS Betelgeuse.
From 1938 Moore-McCormack ran the "Good Neighbor Fleet" liners Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina between New York and the east coast of South AmericaThe Moore-McCormack Lines was a series of companies operating as shipping lines, operated by the Moore-McCormack Company, Incorporated, later Moore-McCormack Lines, Incorporated, and simply Mooremack, founded in 1913 in New York City.
When the Stockholm entered service, the Drottningholm was transferred to South Atlantic Lines (a subsidiary of SAL) and renamed SS Brazil for traffic with Home Lines. [14] Between 18 December 1949 and 14 February 1950 the Gripsholm was rebuilt at Howaldtswerke, Kiel with amongst others new funnels, a new bow and modern navigational equipment. [19]
Chartered from Eastern SS Lines for one voyage [28] SS Shawnee: 1939 Chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. [28] SS Susquehanna: SS United States: 1952-1969 Laid up in Philadelphia, PA, 2020 SS Uruguay: 1927-1964 Refitted and renamed from SS California in 1938 SS Virginia: 1928-1964 Refitted and renamed to SS Brazil in 1938 SS Washington