P-Type Passenger Ships
Most recent update: April 12, 2008.
The passenger liner "America" was MARCOM's first ship and the liner "United States" is generally considered to have been its last. Both were built by Newport News, our greatest shipbuilder. In between, three shipyards built 23 troopships and after the war ended, Quincy and New York Ship built five additional passenger liners. In addition, countless cargo ships were converted to troopships.
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| MARCOM # | Builder | Location | Name | MARCOM Design | GT | Delivered | Notes | |
| 1 | Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 369 | America | passenger (P4) | 26,454 | July 1940 | first MARCOM ship, to USN 1941 as West Point (AP-23), to US Lines 1946 as America, Australis 1964, Italis 1978, Noga 1980, Alferdoss 1984, American Star 1993, wrecked in the Canary Islands 1994, while under tow to the breakers, and abandoned; the forward half of this great ship is still sitting on the rocks |
| 181 | Consolidated Steel | Wilmington CA | 206 | Doyen | passenger (P1) | 6,710 | May 1943 | to USN 1943 as APA-1, to Mass. Maritime 1959 as Bay State, to NDRF 1973 |
| 182 | Consolidated Steel | Wilmington CA | 207 | Feland | passenger (P1) | 6,710 | June 1943 | to USN 1943 as APA-11, scrapped 1964 |
| 668 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 268 | Gen John Pope | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Aug 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-110, NDRF 1969, scrapped 2005 |
| 669 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 269 | Gen A.E. Anderson | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Oct 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-111, NDRF 1958, scrapped 1987 |
| 670 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 270 | Gen W.A. Mann | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Oct 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-112, NDRF 1966, scrapped 1987 |
| 671 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 271 | Gen H.W. Butner | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Jan 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-113, NDRF 1960, scrapped 1977 |
| 672 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 272 | Gen W. Mitchell | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Jan 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-114, NDRF 1966, scrapped 1988 |
| 673 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 273 | Gen G.M. Randall | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Apr 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-115, NDRF 1975, scrapped 1975 |
| 674 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 274 | Gen M.C. Meigs | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | June 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-116, NDRF 1958, wrecked and abandoned 1972 |
| 675 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 275 | Gen W.H. Gordon | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | June 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-117, NDRF 1968, scrapped 1987 |
| 676 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 276 | Gen W.P. Richardson | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Nov 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-118, sold 1949 as LaGuardia, Leilani 1956, President Roosevelt 1961, Atlantis 1970, Emerald Seas 1972, Funtastica 1992, Terrifica 1992, Sapphire Seas 1992, Ocean Explorer I 1998 and Explorer 2004, scrapped 2005 |
| 677 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 277 | Gen C.H. Barth | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | Jan 1945 | to USN 1945 as AP-119, NDRF 1968, scrapped 1987 |
| 678 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9501 | ADM W.S. Benson | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Aug 1944 | AP-120, to USA 1946 as Gen Daniel I. Sultan, NDRF 1968, scrapped 1987 |
| 679 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9502 | ADM W.L. Capps | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Sep 1944 | AP-121, to USA 1946 as Gen Hugh L. Gaffey, NDRF 1968, sunk as target 2000 |
| 680 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9503 | ADM R.E. Coontz | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Nov 1944 | AP-122, to USA 1946 as Gen Alexander M. Patch, NDRF 1970, scrapped 2001 |
| 681 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9504 | ADM E.W. Eberle | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Apr 1945 | AP-123, to USA 1946 as Gen Simon B. Buckner, NDRF 1970, scrapped 1999 |
| 682 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9505 | ADM C.F. Hughes | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Jan 1945 | AP-124, to USA 1946 as Gen Edwin D. Patrick, NDRF 1968, scrapped 2005 |
| 683 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9506 | ADM H.T. Mayo | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Apr 1945 | AP-125, to USA 1946 as Gen Nelson M. Walker, NDRF 1970, scrapped 2005 |
| 684 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9507 | ADM Hugh Rodman | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | July 1945 | AP-126, to USA 1946 as Gen Maurice Rose, NDRF 1970, scrapped 1992 |
| 685 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9508 | ADM W.S. Sims | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Sep 1945 | AP-127, to USA 1946 as Gen William O. Darby, NDRF 1970, scrapped 2005 |
| 686 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9509 | ADM D.W. Taylor | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Dec 1947 | AP-128, cancelled, sold to APL as President Cleveland, scrapped 1974 |
| 687 | Bethlehem Steel | Alameda CA | 9510 | ADM F.B. Upham | passenger (P2) | 17,001 | Apr 1948 | AP-129, cancelled, sold to APL as President Wilson, scrapped 1974 |
| 2080 | Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 505 | Gen J.C. Breckinridge | passenger (P2) | 17,951 | June 1945 | to USN as AP-176, scrapped 1987 |
| 2912 | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 1618 | Independence | passenger (P3) | 20,200 | Dec 1950 | sold 1974 as Oceanic Independence, Independence 1982, sold to NCL America 2003 for reactivation, renamed Oceanic 2005, sold for scrap and en route to breakers 4/2008 |
| 2913 | Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 1619 | Constitution | passenger (P3) | 20,200 | May 1951 | sold 1974 as Oceanic Constitution, Constitution 1982, sold for scrap 1997 but sank en route to the scrapyard |
| 2914 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 485 | President Jackson | passenger (P2) | 15,456 | May 1952 | to USN as Barrett (AP-196), to NYS Maritime 1973 as Empire State V, scrapped 2007 |
| 2915 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 486 | President Adams | passenger (P2) | 15,456 | Sep 1952 | to USN as Geiger (AP-197), to Mass Maritime 1971 as Bay State IV, scrapped 1983 |
| 2916 | New York SB | Camden NJ | 487 | President Hayes | passenger (P2) | 15,456 | Dec 1952 | to USN as Upshur (AP-198), To Maine Maritime 1973 as State of Maine, NDRF 1990 |
| 2917 | Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 488 | United States | passenger (P6) | 39,000 | June 1952 | last MARCOM ship, laid up by US Lines in 1969, sold several times, laid up in Philadelphia |