Monterey (ship, 1952)
 The MSC Monterey in May 1998 before Nafplio Greece.
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The Monterey was an American passenger ship . The ship, originally built as a freighter Free State Mariner , had a service life of over 50 years.
history
As a cargo ship
On May 29, 1952, the ship was launched at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding shipyard in Sparrow's Point as the C4-S-1a ( Mariner-class ) turbine general cargo freighter Free State Mariner . On December 8, 1952, the US Maritime Commission took over the ship intended for use with the US Marine Corps.
Conversion to a combi freighter
After the US shipping company Matson Navigation Company had taken over the ship on July 28, 1955, the Free State Mariner sent them to the Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation shipyard in Portland, Oregon, where they joined the MARAD type P2-S1-1g combined ship was rebuilt. On New Year's Eve 1956, the converted ship was delivered and renamed the Monterey . On January 9, 1957, the ship began its combined passenger and cargo liner service between San Francisco, Honolulu, Auckland and Sydney, operated together with the Mariposa .
Pacific Far East Line and Uncertain Years
On February 15, 1971, Matson sold the Monterey to the San Francisco-based shipping company Pacific Far East Line , which it used with its sister ship Mariposa until January 19, 1978 on Pacific cruises and in 1978, when the state aid to maintain the service ended, hung up.
On April 10, 1979, it was sold to President World Airways from San Francisco, who passed the ship on to the San Francisco-based American Maritime Holdings on November 2, 1979. The next owner of the still lying ship was the "International Organization, Masters, Mates & Pilots".
Third career as a cruise ship
On June 24, 1986, the Monterey arrived again in Portland at the shipyard, where it was initially made seaworthy again. After a sale to the shipping company Aloha Pacific Cruises from Alexandria , the ship arrived at the Tacoma Boatbuilding shipyard in 1987. Between December 1987 and July 21, 1988, the ship was finally converted into a cruise ship at the Wärtsilä shipyard in Turku / Åbo, Finland.
Starting in September 1988, the Monterey Pacific cruises from the base port of San Francisco before it was launched again on May 13, 1989 in Honolulu. On March 16, 1990, the Star Lauro shipping company bought the steamer and launched it under the Panamanian flag. On October 1, 1995, the Monterey was acquired by its last shipping company, the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which it used for cruises in the Mediterranean in the following decade. In October 2006 the ship was decommissioned and sold for scrapping. The Monterey was renamed Monte for her last voyage to India and reached Alang on November 3, 2006 , where the demolition of the 54-year-old ship began two days later.
Web links
- The Monterey at Faktaomfartyg (Swedish)
- The Monterey at Oceanlinermuseum (English)