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From Marine Phoenix passenger in 1947

Letter on your site from Dennis Worledge refers to Marine Phoenix. (Which can be found on Web search)...Navy sez it was moved to Seattle in 1947. That was late in the year...it had served as a passenger ship during 1947, transporting military & civilians from San Francisco to Sydney Australia.

I embarked Sept.2, 1947 from San Francisco on the Marine Phoenix, operated by Matson Navigation Co. and Oceanic Steamship Co..in cabin #305 with 20 bunks, mostly occupied by Australian women and their babies. Men were mostly veterans. All together, there were about 200 passengers. It definitely was a troop ship! After stops at PagoPago and Suva, my parents and I  arrived in Aukland,NZ Sept.18 and Sydney on Sept.22. This info might be of interest to Dennis Worledge, if you have any way of communicating with him...
 
Thanks! Katie Hargreaves


TK,

Could you please post Katies message at our URL: http://www.ahoy.tk-jk.net/Letters/FamilySailedinlibertyship.html 

I no longer have the details for Dennis Worledge, but he may visit AHOY again and pick up these details.

Thanks, 
Mac.


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