(MATSON LINE.) "Monterey" then "Matsonia." Nice group of approximately 45 pieces related to the ship, including over 25 vintage photographs. Photographs of the ship being built, during the war and after, as well as a lesser number of the ship as the "Matsonia" (most photos with captions on the back as issued by the company or wire service). Also includes a nice archive of materials related to the launching of the "Matsonia," including a christening program and passenger list for the inaugural voyage from Newport News to New York (17 May 1957), 14 Matson news releases (from just before the launch and on the day of the launch), and an invitation for Frank and Doris Braynard to inspect the ship upon her arrival in New York after her inaugural voyage (20 May 1957). 1930s-early 1960s
The "Monterey" was launched in 1932 (as was her sister ship "Mariposa"). She was basically engaged in the California-Hawaii trade. During the war she served as a troopship. The ship was sold to the government in 1952, but was repurchased later by the Matson Line. She was refitted and took on a new life under the Matson banner as the "Matsonia" in 1956. She was renamed "Lurline" in her later years with Matson and then sold to Chandris and renamed "Britanis" in 1971.
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