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This World War II troopship was originally named the Marine Falcon and was launched in April 1945. She was built at Kaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver Washington, and was converted to a container ship at Ingalls shipbuilding, Pascagoula Miss. She was an C4-S-A3 container ship rated at 17189 gross tons. She was purchased by Sealand Service and renamed the Trenton and was on the West Coast to Vietnam run during the early 1970's. Her sister ships at Sealand were Panama, Long Beach and Oakland. In 1975 she was purchased by the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority(Navieras de Puerto Rico) and renamed the Borinquen. She ran for many years on the Elizabeth NJ to San Juan PR route and was laid up for good in mid 1988. She was scrapped in 1989 at Beihei China.
Former name(s):
- Marine Falcon (Until 1966)
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She wasn't just renamed, Gary, she was lengthened and rebuilt as a cellular ship by Ingalls in 1966.
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