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652:"LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS"
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682:. Finnish Mercantile Marine Database
573:. The Code Letters OFRB and Finnish
339:303 ft 7 in (92.53 m)
1465:Merchant ships of the United States
1435:Maritime incidents in December 1943
561:was sold to Etelä-Suomen Laiva Oy,
549:was sold to Alaska Transport Corp,
347:43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)
363:14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)
355:17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
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105:Polttoaine Osuuskunta (1951–59)
99:Alaska Transport Corp (1948–50)
78:Etela Suomen Laiva OY (1951–67)
72:Alaska Transport Corp (1948–50)
66:Ministry of Transport (1945–47)
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208:Code Letters GFSX (1945–47)
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300:General characteristics
108:K S Laaksonen (1959–61)
962:German submarine
102:Norton Clapp (1950–51)
75:Norton Clapp (1950–51)
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1415:Ships built in LĂĽbeck
451:compound steam engine
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379:Compound steam engine
657:. Plimsoll Ship Data
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853:Richard C. Krogmann
707:"Argo Line, Bremen"
680:"Ship Card No. 862"
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434:Description
326:1,065
320:1,998
1410:1940 ships
1404:Categories
1384:Ocean ship
1370:See also:
947:Felixstowe
842:Kembu Maru
791:Shipwrecks
601:References
597:, Norway.
583:Kaisaniemi
571:Kaisaniemi
520:Copenhagen
427:Kaisaniemi
408:cargo ship
384:Propulsion
309:Cargo ship
46:Kaisaniemi
1380:Park ship
1372:Fort ship
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1024:Hurricane
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999:USS
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368:Ice class
48:(1951–67)
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1035:Brownson
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826:Testbank
742:4 August
717:4 August
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595:Grimstad
579:Helsinki
563:Helsinki
295:Scrapped
281:Finnish
195:Launched
85:Operator
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974:Norhauk
833:4 Dec:
799:2 Dec:
567:Finland
555:Seattle
503:History
490:⁄
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315:Tonnage
187:Builder
23:History
1079:Protée
994:Dumana
936:APc-21
915:Nevada
851:V 602
820:Norlom
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497:Altona
440:LĂĽbeck
412:LĂĽbeck
336:Length
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1345:Si–Sy
1340:Sa–Sh
1270:Co–Cy
1265:Ca–Cl
1137:U-345
1106:U-972
1007:U-645
1001:Leary
984:Niobe
964:U-850
899:U-593
893:U-391
887:U-172
836:Chūyō
655:(PDF)
392:Speed
360:Depth
55:Owner
1177:1944
1169:1943
1161:1942
1127:Mars
1100:S-55
1051:Axum
925:U-73
744:2010
719:2010
688:2010
663:2010
627:ISBN
344:Beam
305:Type
292:Fate
198:1940
28:Name
1360:U–Z
1300:I–J
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1063:T26
1057:T25
589:to
328:NRT
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