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NH 89857 S.S. MARIPOSA (American Merchant Passenger Ship 1931-1974, under this name 1931-1953)

S.S. MARIPOSA (American Merchant Passenger Ship 1931-1974, under this name 1931-1953)
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Title: S.S. MARIPOSA (American Merchant Passenger Ship 1931-1974, under this name 1931-1953)
Caption: The Matson lines ship MARIPOSA is shown at San Francisco, California, in 1942 or 1943, as a troopship. MARIPOSA served in all war theaters. She was laid up at the end of hostilities and did not sail again until renamed HOMERIC under Panamanian Flag in 1953. Following a gallery fire in 1974, she was scrapped in Italy.
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Catalog #: NH 89857
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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