Matsonia
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Matsonia may refer to:
- Matsonia (1913) passenger steamship built for Matson Lines. Served as USS Matsonia (ID # 1589) in 1918-1919. Renamed Etolin in 1937 and served as USAT Etolin in 1940-1946. Scrapped in 1957.
- SS MaloloSS MaloloSS Malolo was an American Cruise liner built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia in 1926 for the Matson Line. She was the first of a number of ships designed by William Francis Gibbs for the Matson Line. The Matson Line did much to develop tourism in the Hawaiian Islands...
(1927) ocean linerOcean linerAn ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...
rechristened SS Matsonia in 1937 and served as troopship USS Matsonia in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Later renamed Atlantic and then Queen Frederica. Scrapped in 1977. - SS MontereySS 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...
(1932) ocean liner, served as troopship USAT Monterey 1941-1946. Rechristened SS Matsonia in 1957. Renamed SS Lurline in 1963 and then SS Britanis in 1970. Sold for scrap as Belofin-1; sunk while under tow in 2000.