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   

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 with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message