Great Passenger Ships of the World 1936-1950

Front Cover and Spine, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 4: 1936-1950 by Arnold Kludas, 1977. On the Cover Is the Rms Queen Elizabeth, Taken from Part of an Original Oil Painting by Frederick J. Hoertz, Also Depicted the RMS Queen Mary. The Photograph of the Image Was Kindly Made Available by Alan Howard, Curator, Marine Museum of Upper Canada, Toronto. Translated from the German "Die Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt" by Charles Hodges. GGA Image ID # 20445832dc

From the Publisher

The 15 years from 1936 to 1950 are covered here in the fourth volume of the series. This was the period that saw the lifting of the worldwide recession of the early '30s and the introduction of the largest passenger vessel of all time, the famous Cunarder Queen Elizabeth, and the Wilhelm Gustloff, which was considered to be the first ship built for cruising in the modern sense.

The Second World War had a devastating effect on the many ships under construction, and a number were never completed or refitted for military purposes.

A large section deals with the troop transports, which were standard types of ships commissioned expressly by the Americans to serve during the latter part of the war years.

With the war's end, several new passenger liners were laid down. They were soon in service alongside the surviving pre-war veterans on the main shipping routes.

Although not then appreciated, this was the beginning of an era in which the passenger liner's dominance was quickly threatened by the airplane, whose speed and efficiency would soon make it a strong yet important competitor.

Contents

• The Strathmore Class
• The Last Union-Castle Liners before 1939
• The Awatea
• Pretoria and Windhuk
• The City of Benares
• Holland-America Liners
• 'Strength through Joy' Ships
• KPM Liners
• Circassia, Cilicia and Caledonia
• The Oslofjord
• Hamburg-America Liner Patria
• The Pasteur
• Tanker San Jorge
• P & O Liner Canton
• The Two Stockholms
• The Dominion Monarch
• Cunard Liner Mauretania
• The Tjitjalengka
• Sobieski and Chrobry
• Nederland Liner Oranje
• Panama Railroad Liners
• The Queen Elizabeth
• Osaka Shosen Liners
• The Baudouinville
• Royal Mail Liner Andes
• VNSM Liners
• New Ships for Nippon Yusen KK
• The America
• Hamburg-America Line's No 523
• Wartime Conversions
• American Troop Transports
• Class C3-IN-P&C
• Class C3-S1-A3
• Class C4-S-A1
• Class P2-S2-R2
• Class P2-SE2-R1
• Class C4-S-A3
• La Marseillaise
• Naviera Aznar Monte Ships
• The Modjokerto
• The Lancashire
• Delta Liners
• The Corinthic Class
• American President Liners
• The Willem Ruys
• The Motorship Stockholm
• Blue Star Liners
• Kampala and Karanja
• Three Cunard Liners
• Elder Dempster Liners
• Portuguese Liners
• The CMB Albertville Class
• The Pretoria and Edinburgh Castle
• New Ships for Orient Line and P&O
• The Magdalena
• Blue Funnel Liners
• The Lavoisier Class
• Argentinian Passenger Ships
• Rangitoto and Rangitane
• The Oslofjord
• Conversions
• The Bloemfontein Castle
• The Diemerdyk
• APL Projects
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Index of Ships' Names

Back Cover, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 4: 1936-1950 by Arnold Kludas, 1977. On the Back Cover, the Strathmore (Top) Entered Service in 1935, and the Ex-Holland-America Liner Diemerdyk Was the Oriental Amiga. GGA Image ID # 20446d1205

From the Back Cover

This Invaluable and carefully researched book - the fourth in a series of five - is an important statistical, historical, and pictorial reference source for shipping enthusiasts, historians, and marine engineers.

About this Series

The five volumes in this outstanding series aim to present, for the first time in international maritime literature, a work covering all passenger ships to date of over 10,000 gross registered tons, with relevant technical and historical data, including photographs of the vessels.

As with previous volumes, each vessel's historical and technical data has been painstakingly researched and clearly presented. Arnold Kludas, formerly a technical engineer in a Hamburg shipping yard, is now working in the library of the Deutsche Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven.

Already published

• Volume 1 1858-1912
• Volume 2 1913-1923
• Volume 3 1924-1935

In preparation

• Volume 5 1950 to the present

▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓

1. Absecon
2. Accra
3. Achille Lauro
4. Admiral C. F. Hughes
5. Admiral E. W. Eberle
6. Admiral H. T. Mayo
7. Admiral Hipper
8. Admiral Hugh Rodman
9. Admiral R. E. Coontz
10. Admiral W. L. Capps
11. Admiral W. S. Benson
12. Admiral W. S. Sims
13. Aguadilla
14. Aikoku Maru
15. Aki Maru
16. Albany
17. Albertville
18. Alex Stephens
19. America
20. American Banker
21. American Farmer
22. American Merchant
23. American Shipper
24. Ancerville
25. Ancon
26. Andes
27. Andrea Doria
28. Angelina Lauro
29. Angola
30. Ana Salén
31. Anselm
32. Apapa
33. Aramac
34. Archer
35. Argentina
36. Argentina Maru
37. Argentina Star
38. Arosa Sky
39. Atheling
40. Athenic
41. Athlone Castle
42. Atlantis
43. Atlas Promoter
44. Australasia
45. Australis
46. Awa Maru
47. Awatea

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

1. Baltimore
2. Barb
3. Barnett
4. Barret
5. Baudouinville 1939 and 1950
6. Beaverhill
7. Belle Abeto
8. Belleau Wood
9. Bengal
10. Berean
11. Bianca C.
12. Biloxi
13. Bloemfontein Castle
14. Boissevain
15. Borinquen
16. Boston
17. Brasil Star
18. Brazil Maru
19. Brazos
20. Bremen
21. Brooklyn

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

1. Cabo Santa Paula
2. Caledonia
3. Calmar
4. Canton
5. Cap Norte
6. Capetown Castle
7. Caribia
8. Caribia 2
9. Carolina
10. Caroni
11. Caronia
12. Ceramic
13. Charger
14. Charles Tellier
15. Charleston
16. Charlesville
17. Chicago
18. Chrobry
19. Chunking Victory
20. Chusan
21. Chuyo
22. Cilicia
23. Circassia
24. City of Benares
25. Claude Bernard
26. Columbia
27. Corinthic
28. Corrientes
29. Crevalle
30. Cristobal
31. Croatan

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

1. David C. Shanks
2. Del Mar
3. Del Norte
4. Del Sud
5. Devon
6. Diemerdyk
7. Dominion Monarch
8. Dominion Monarch Maru
9. Dona Rita
10. Dunnotar Castle
11. Dunvegan Castle
12. Durban Castle

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

1. Edinburgh Castle
2. Elandsfontein
3. Elisabethville
4. Elizabeth
5. Emerald Seas
6. Empire Doon
7. Empire Grace
8. Empire Lagan
9. Empire Mercia
10. Empire Orwell
11. Empire Star
12. Empire Wessex
13. Empire State IV
14. Empire State V
15. Empire Weiland
16. Ernie Pyle
17. Escorial
18. Eva Perón
19. Evita

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

1. Fairsea
2. Fencer
3. Flavia
4. Fontein
5. Fred C. Ainsworth
6. Frederick Funston
7. Fulvia

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

1. Galaxy Queen
2. Galveston
3. Geiger
4. Gen. Alexander M. Patch
5. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan
6. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick
7. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey
8. Gen. Maurice Rose
9. Gen. Nelson M. Walker
10. Gen. Simon B. Buckner
11. Gen. William O. Darby
12. General A. E. Anderson
13. General A. W. Brewster
14. General A. W. Greely
15. General C. C. Ballou
16. General C. G. Morton
17. General C. H. Barth
18. General C. H. Muir
19. General D. E. Aultman
20. General E. T. Collins 1(H)
21. General G. O. Squier
22. General George M. Randall
23. General H. B. Freeman
24. General H. F. Hodges
25. General H. H. Arnold
26. General H. L. Scott
27. General H. W. Butner
28. General Harry Taylor
29. General Hoyt S. Vandenburg
30. General J. C. Breckinridge
31. General J. H. McRae
32. General J. R. Brooke
33. General John Pope
34. General Le Roy Eltinge
35. General M. B. Stewart
36. General M. C. Meigs
37. General M. M. Patrick
38. General M. L. Hersey
39. General O. H. Ernst
40. General Omar Bundy
41. General R. E. Callan
42. General R. L. Howze
43. General R. M. Blatchford (C 4)
44. General R. M. Blatchford (P 2)
45. General S. D. Sturgis
46. General Stuart Heintzelmann
47. General T. H. Bliss
48. General W. A. Mann
49. General W. C. Langfitt
50. General W. F. Hase
51. General W. G. Haan
52. General W. H. Gordon
53. General W. M. Black
54. General W. P. Richardson
55. General William Mitchell
56. General William Weigal
57. Georg Büchner
58. George W. Goethals
59. Glacier
60. Gokoku Maru
61. Gothic
62. Göttingen
63. Green Bay
64. Green Forest
65. Green Lake
66. Green Port
67. Green Springs
68. Green Wave
69. Greenling
70. Gruzia
71. Guam Bear
72. Guayama
73. Gulfport
74. Gunung Djati

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

1. Hamburg
2. Hawaii Bear
3. Hector
4. Heidi Moran
5. Helenus
6. Henrietta Latsi 1935 and 1937
7. Henry Gibbins
8. Himalaya
9. Hiyo
10. Hokoku Maru
11. Humacao

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

1. Iberia Star
2. Ierse Zee
3. Impéro
4. Ixion
5. Izumo Maru

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

1. J. C. Fichte
2. Jagersfontein
3. Jamaica
4. James
5. James O'Hara
6. James Parker
7. Jan
8. Jan Backx
9. Jason
10. Junyo

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

1. Kaiyo
2. Kampala
3. Karanja
4. Kashiwaru Maru
5. Kasuga Maru
6. Klipfontein

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

1. La Guardia
2. La Marseillaise
3. Lady Dina
4. Laënnec
5. Lancashire
6. Lavoisier
7. Le Havre Abeto
8. Leilani
9. Lejeune
10. Leopoldville
11. Libertad
12. Lindau
13. Londonderry
14. Long Beach
15. Long Island
16. Louise Lykes
17. Löwe

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

1. M 341
2. Maipu
3. Maréchal Pétain
4. Magdalena
5. Marianna Latsi 1935 and 1937
6. Marine Adder
7. Marine Cardinal
8. Marine Carp
9. Marine Falcon
10. Marine Flasher
11. Marine Jumper
12. Marine Lynx
13. Marine Marlin
14. Marine Perch
15. Marine Phoenix
16. Marine Serpent
17. Marine Shark
18. Marine Swallow
19. Marine Tiger
20. Marymar
21. Mauretania
22. Mayaguez
23. Media
24. Miike Maru
25. Mishima Maru
26. Missouri
27. Mobile
28. Moçambique
29. Modjokerto
30. Mohawk
31. Monte Udala
32. Monte Urbasa
33. Mormacland
34. Mormacmail 1940 and 1942

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

1. Navigator
2. Nelly
3. Newark
4. New Orleans
5. New Zealand Bear
6. Nieuw Amsterdam
7. Nitta Maru
8. Noordam
9. Normandie

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

1. Oakland
2. Ocean Builder
3. Océanien
4. Ogden Missouri
5. Ondina
6. Oranje
7. Oranjefontein
8. Orcades
9. Oriental Amiga
10. Oriental Carnaval
11. Oriental Empress
12. Oriental Esmeralda
13. Oriental President
14. Oslofjord 1937 and 1949
15. Ostmark

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

1. P. E. Lumumba
2. Pamir
3. Panama 1938 and 1945
4. Parthia
5. Paraguay Star
6. Pascagoula
7. Pass Christian
8. Pasteur
9. Patria 1938 and 1947
10. Patris
11. Patroclus
12. Pegaway
13. Peleus
14. Pennmar
15. Perseus
16. Philadelphia
17. Philoctetes
18. Pionier
19. Port Hobart
20. Port Pirie
21. Portland
22. Portmar
23. President Adams
24. President Cleveland
25. President Hayes
26. President Hoover
27. President Jackson
28. President Roosevelt
29. President Wilson
30. Presidente Perón
31. Pretoria
32. Pretoria Castle 1938 and 1947
33. Prinsendam
34. Pyrrhus

▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓

1. Queen Elizabeth
2. Queenfish

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

1. Rangitane
2. Rangitoto
3. Rasher
4. Redfish
5. Regina
6. Regina Magna
7. Regina Prima
8. Remuera
9. Rietfontein
10. Rio de la Plata 1941 and 1949
11. Rio Jachal
12. RioTunuyan
13. Riviera Prima
14. Robert E. Lee
15. Robert Ley
16. Robert Toombs
17. Roma 1942
18. Roma ex Sydney
19. Rossia
20. Ruys

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

1. 17 de Octubre
2. S-13
3. S. A. Oranje
4. Sabaudia
5. Sailfish
6. St. Louis
7. Salta
8. San Jorge
9. San Pedro
10. San Juan
11. Santa Maria
12. Santos Maru
13. Schiedam
14. Seadevil
15. Seamar
16. Seawise University
17. Seven Seas
18. Shah
19. Skaugum
20. Sobieski
21. State of Maine
22. Stirling Castle
23. Stockholm 1938, 1940, and 1946
24. Stonewall Jackson
25. Strathallan
26. Stratheden
27. Strathmore
28. Surriento
29. Sydney

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

1. T 36
2. TF 19
3. TS 2
4. Taipooshan
5. Taiyo
6. Tasmania
7. Tegelberg
8. Thysville
9. Tjitjalengka
10. Tracker
11. Transcolorado
12. Transcolumbia
13. Transhawaii
14. Transidaho
15. Transindiana
16. Transoregon
17. Trenton
18. Trigger

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

1. U 46
2. U 48
3. U 174
4. U 562
5. Union Reliance
6. Unyo
7. Upshur
8. Uruguay
9. Uruguay Star

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

1. V 1703
2. Vaterland
3. Victoria
4. Viking Princess
5. Völkerfreundschaft
6. Vórtice

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

1. Wallisien
2. Warwick Castle
3. Westerdam
4. Westpoint
5. Wilhelm Gustloff
6. Willem Ruys
7. Windhuk

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

1. Yawata Maru
2. Yellowstone
3. Yorkmar
4. Yorkmaru
5. Youssef

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

1. Zaandam
2. Zuiderdam

About the Author

Arnold Kludas, former technical engineer in a Hamburg shipyard and maritime adviser for a German publishing firm, is now working in the Deutsche Schiffahrtsmuseum, the equivalent of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

His meticulous research in authenticating and continually updating the entries of all the ships has resulted in the published English language volumes being received with high acclaim and praise.

In the words of Sea Breezes, 'this is a series well worth the trouble of translation - an excellent service to ship lovers and maritime historians.

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Personal name: Kludas, Arnold.
• Uniform title: Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt.
• English Main title: Great passenger ships of the world / [by] Arnold Kludas; translated [from the German] by Charles Hodges.
• Published/Created: Cambridge: Stephens, 1975-1977.
• Description: 5 v. ill.; 25 cm.
• ISBN: 0850591740 (v. 1) :
• LC Classification: VM381 .K5813
• Contents: v. 1. 1858-1912.--v. 2. 1913-1923.--v. 3. 1924-1935.--4. 1936-1950.--v. 5. 1951-1976.
• LC Subjects: Ocean liners. Passenger ships.
• Notes: Translation of Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt. Includes indexes.
• Bibliography: v. 1, p. 213.
• LCCN: 76355859
• Dewey class no.: 387.2/432
• Language code: engger
• National bib no.: GB75-31009 (v. 1)
• Type of material: Book