SS El Oriente
SS El Oriente was a cargo ship built in 1910 for the Morgan Line, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, she was known as USS El Oriente (ID-4504) in service with the United States Navy. At the end of war, she reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente. During World War II she was chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as SS Henri Dunant (sometimes also spelled Henry Dunant), but reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente at the end of the charter.
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SS El Oriente
SS El Oriente was a cargo ship built in 1910 for the Morgan Line, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, she was known as USS El Oriente (ID-4504) in service with the United States Navy. At the end of war, she reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente. During World War II she was chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as SS Henri Dunant (sometimes also spelled Henry Dunant), but reverted to her original name of SS El Oriente at the end of the charter.
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SS El Oriente was a cargo ship ...... ld for scrapping in July 1946.
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1918-07-29
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1918-07-29
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1910-08-20
decommissioning date
1919-09-15
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1910-08-06
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Sold for scrapping 3 July 1946
expropriated for U.S. Navy service
returned to Morgan Line
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U.S. official number: 208080
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Sister ship of El Mundo, ,
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* 1919–1941: Morgan Line
* 1941–1947: United States Maritime Commission
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* 1919–1941: New York
* 1941–1944: Panama
* 1944–1945: Basle
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* 1919–1941: New York – Galveston
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Miss Margaret H. Patton
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SS El Oriente was a cargo ship ...... nte at the end of the charter.
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SS El Oriente
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* 1919–1944: SS El Occidente
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* 1944–1945: SS Henri Dunant
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* 1945: SS El Occidente
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SS El Oriente
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USS El Oriente (ID-4504)
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