SS Matsonia
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SS Matsonia may refer to one of these ships operated by the Matson Navigation Company
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, served as USS Matsonia (ID-1589) during World War I; sold to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed Etolin; served as United States Army troopship USAT Etolin during World War II; placed in reserve fleet in 1946, scrapped in 1957, originally named Malolo, was renamed Matsonia in 1937; served as troopship during World War II; later sold to Home Lines and operated as Atlantic and, later, Queen Frederica; damaged by fire in 1978, she was scrapped three years later
Matson Navigation Company
The Matson Navigation Company, a subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, is a private shipping company with roots extending into the late 19th century...
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, served as USS Matsonia (ID-1589) during World War I; sold to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed Etolin; served as United States Army troopship USAT Etolin during World War II; placed in reserve fleet in 1946, scrapped in 1957, originally named Malolo, was renamed Matsonia in 1937; served as troopship during World War II; later sold to Home Lines and operated as Atlantic and, later, Queen Frederica; damaged by fire in 1978, she was scrapped three years later
- SS Matsonia (1932)SS MontereySS Monterey was a luxury ocean liner launched on 10 October 1931; one of four ships in the Matson Lines "White Fleet" which included , and . Monterey, the third of four Matson ships designed by William Francis Gibbs was identical to Mariposa and very similar to her sister ship Lurline...
, originally named the Monterey, then renamed in 1957, before being sold and becoming the Lurline and then the Britanis for Chandris Lines, operating as a cruise ship for the until 2000, when she was sold for scrap and sank on her way to Indian ship breakers.