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List of ships named Matsonia

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Matsonia may refer to one of these ships operated by the Matson Navigation Company:

  • SS Matsonia (1913), 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.
  • SS Matsonia (1926), originally named Malolo, was renamed Matsonia in 1937; served as War Shipping Administration 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 (1931), originally named Monterey, then renamed in 1957, before being sold and becoming Lurline and then 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.
  • Matsonia (1973), steam turbine roll-on/roll-off ship, later converted to ro/ro-containership;[1] still in service as at September 2018.
  • A new ro/ro-containership Matsonia was ordered in 2016 for delivery in 2019/2020.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Reconstruction of SS Matsonia". TRID: the TRIS and ITRD database. Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ Bonney, Joseph (26 August 2016). "Matson orders two container/ro-ro ships for Hawaii trade". Journal of Commerce. New York. Retrieved 22 September 2018.