• BENEFACTOR – Glasgow Docks – October 1976

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    BENEFACTOR - Glasgow Docks - October 1976   

    Flag   BR / 11299 grt  / 1970 blt   

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  • DUNDEE – Thames Estuary – 6.7.1977

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    DUNDEE - Thames Estuary - 6.7.1977

    Flag   BR /1586 grt / 1972 blt     

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  • JEVINGTON – Thames Estuary – 10.8.1977

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    JEVINGTON - Thames Estuary - 10.8.1977 

    Flag   BR / 5330 grt /1959 blt  

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  • CYMBELINE – Bulk Carrier

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    CYMBELINE - Bulk Carrier

    Thames Estuary - 10.8.1977

    5513 grt / 1966 blt / UK / 6602006 

    Don Smith Collection

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  • COMMODITY – Passing Tilbury – 3.6.1977

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    COMMODITY - Passing Tilbury - 3.6.1977

    Flag  BR / 580 grt /—— 

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  • CITY OF WINCHESTER – Straits of Dover – 26.8.1977

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    CITY OF WINCHESTER  - Straits of Dover - 26.8.1977

    Flag  BR / 10801 grt /1976 blt   

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  • GLENLOCHY – Docked Southampton – 1971

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    GLENLOCHY - Docked Southampton - 1971

    Flag   BR / 7672 grt / 1957 blt    

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  • LIVERPOOL BAY – Southampton Water – August 1972

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    LIVERPOOL BAY - Southampton Water  - August 1972

    Flag   BR / 58889  grt / 1972 blt 

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  • ELBE EXPRESS – New Waterway,Holland – July 1976

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    ELBE EXPRESS - New Waterway,Holland - July 1976 

    Flag GE / 17823 grt /  1968 blt  

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  • FORTUNA – New Waterway,Holland – July 1976

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    FORTUNA -  New Waterway,Holland - July 1976

    Flag  GE / 1444 grt / 1966 blt  

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  • HECHT V – Passing Tilbury – 22.8.1976

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    HECHT V  - Passing Tilbury - 22.8.1976 

    Flag GE / 1135  grt  / ——   

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  • WESER EXPRESS – River Clyde – July 1971

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    WESER EXPRESS - River Clyde - July 1971

    Flag  GE /17088 grt / 1971 blt

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  • HARRY LEWIS – Near Aberdeen – January 1978

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    HARRY LEWIS - Near Aberdeen - January 1978

    Flag GE / 500 grt / 1968 blt   

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  • EDITH HOWALDT RUSS – St.Lawrence River – N.D.A.

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    EDITH HOWALDT RUSS - St.Lawrence River - N.D.A. 

    Flag GE / 8329 grt / 1972 blt

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  • JEAN LYKES – St.Lawrence River – May 1976

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    JEAN LYKES - St.Lawrence River - May 1976

    Flag  AM / 11891 grt / 1961 blt  

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  • GUAM BEAR – Container

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    GUAM BEAR - Container

    11444 grt / 1943 blt / AM-USA / 6904382

    Off the U.S.A.Coast - N.D.A.

    Built as General R.L.Howze - C4 Transport vessel Was converted to Containership in 1968 Broken up Gadani Beach December 1980

    Don Smith Collection

      Notes:- General R. L. Howze (AP-134) was a U.S. Navy and Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) transport vessel with an extensive service record spanning multiple conflicts and humanitarian operations. It was a C4-class transport, part of the General G. O. Squier-class, and was named after U.S. Army general Robert Lee Howze. 
    Vessel specifications
    The General R. L. Howze was built at Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, California, laid down in July 1942 and launched in May 1943. The ship had a displacement of 9,950 tons light and 17,250 tons full. It was 522 feet 10 inches long with a beam of 71 feet 6 inches. Propulsion was provided by a single-screw steam turbine producing 9,900 shaft horsepower, allowing for a speed of 17 knots. The vessel could carry 3,530 troops. During World War II, its armament included 5-inch/38 caliber guns, 1.1-inch/75 AA guns, and 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns. 
    Operational history
    World War II
    Commissioned into the Navy in February 1944 with a U.S. Coast Guard crew. The ship completed 11 voyages in the Pacific theater, transporting troops and supplies to various locations including New Guinea, Guadalcanal, and Eniwetok. After the war, it was used for repatriation efforts, carrying German prisoners of war and returning American troops from Europe. 
    Post-war and Cold War
    Decommissioned by the Navy in 1946, the ship was re-commissioned by the U.S. Army in 1948. Between 1949 and 1950, it transported European displaced persons to Melbourne, Australia. In 1950, it transferred to the MSTS as USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134) with a civilian crew. For a year, it transported displaced Eastern Europeans to the United States for the International Refugee Organization. During the Korean War from 1951, the vessel served in the Pacific, transporting troop replacements and earning six battle stars for its service. In 1954, it participated in Operation "Passage to Freedom," transporting refugees from North to South Vietnam, reportedly experiencing a record 38 births on board. 
    Commercial service and scrapping
    After further voyages to the Far East, the ship was placed in the reserve fleet in 1957 and sold for commercial service in 1965. It was rebuilt as a container ship and renamed multiple times: SS Guam Bear (1965), SS New Zealand Bear (1974), SS Austral Glen (1975), and SS Pacific Endeavor (1979). The vessel was laid up in 1978 and scrapped in 1980.

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