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    1. Re: [MAR] SS City of Alma
    2. Ron Mapplebeck via
    3. Bud, Your contact may also be interested in the article at: http://dickatlee.com/misc/freighter_life/freighter_life.html This includes a photo of your CITY OF ALMA and photos of cabins said to be similar to those on board her. Ron Mapplebeck (UK) **** On 09/09/2015 16:52, Bud Shortridge wrote: > Thank you very, very much...............I will send this info on to > this particular individual > Bud & R.J.....We Wish You Well > My "Web Sites of Interest" > "*_My Blog_*" > *Naval & Merchant Ship Articles of Interest > <http://navalmerchantshiparticles.blogspot.com/>* > "*_Ship Histories_*" > *Bud's Naval & Merchant Ship Histories* > <http://home.comcast.net/%7Ecshortridge/site/> > > > > On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 11:26 AM, Ron Mapplebeck > <ronmapplebeck@virginmedia.com> wrote: > > > Bud, > > Yes, Waterman SS Corp had a later CITY OF ALMA, 6165gt, completed at > Chickasaw in May 1945. She lasted under that one and only name until > arriving at Kaohsiung on 18.1.72 to be broken up by Tai Kuen Industry Co > Ltd. > > Ron Mapplebeck (UK) > **** > > On 09/09/2015 15:56, Bud Shortridge via wrote: > > Greetings to the Group.A gentleman contacted me with a question > about the SS City of Alma. He tells me his mother-in-law came to the > United States from a German concentration camp in 1948, and her > personal papers states she was transported via the SS City of Alma. I > am well aware that there was a "SS City of Alma" torpedoed by a German > U-boat in 1942.................so my question to the > group..........was there "another" vessel re-named "SS City of > Alma?"Another piece of evidence is.......there is also a document > stating that the SS City of Alma, arrived in Hawaii in > 1948............. Bud & R.J.....We Wish You Well My "Web Sites of > Interest""My Blog"Naval & Merchant Ship Articles of Interest "Ship > Histories" Bud's Naval & Merchant Ship Histories > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > >

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