USAT Sea Snipe
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One of the first Liberty ships converted to carry passengers, USAT Sea Snipe was capable of carrying 2,194 troops and cargo. Its first voyage was to Townsville after which it spent the rest of the war transferring US and Australian troops between US, Australian, New Guinea and South Pacific destinations. She also made five round trips between San Franciso and Australia. With the war concluded, she sailed for Europe and made five round trips transporting US personnel back to USA.
The ship was to later spend 24 years as a civilian transport ship, first as the Edward Luckenbach (1948 - 1959) for the Luckenback Steamship Company, and then as the Aloha State (1960 - 1971) for State Marine Lines until she was scrapped in 1971.