Marine Marlin type C4-S-A3 ship.
Built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards

Kaiser Shipyards

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, Vancouver

Vancouver, Washington

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, Washington as a troop transport

Troopship

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 with capacity to carry 3,485 troops for operation by the War Shipping Agency.
1946 chartered to the United States Lines

United States Lines

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 and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. Made her first New York

New York

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 - Bremen

Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...

 voyage on September 16, 1946, completed her last Bremen – New York crossing on July 17, 1949, passengers were mostly from Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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 Germany

Germany

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 and were of Armenian

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 descent. In 1952 it was intended to be transferred to U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. 1965 it was converted to a dry cargo ship and renamed Green Bay. On August 17, 1971 it was sank in Qui Nonh harbour after underwater explosion caused by Viet Cong frogmen

Frogman

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 while discharging military supplies. On September 1, 1971 it was refloated and towed to Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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where it was scrapped in 1972. This ship came to the United States in 1949 to bring over immigrants. On July 17, 1949 this ship docked in New York with passengers from Germany. There were many from Stuttgart Germany who were of Armenian descent that arrived to the United States via this ship. 12,410 gross tons, 523 ft x 71.7 ft, engines aft.