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S.S. SAMDONARD, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. SAMDONARD, c. 1947/1948.
SAMDONARD (7234gt) : Built 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, engine by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio, for MoWT (managed by McCowan & Gross Ltd., London. 1947 – Sold to Claymore Shipping Co., and renamed DAYBEAM. 1952 – Sold to Isla Malina Cia. Nav., Panama and renamed KRIONERI (managed by Capeside Steamship Co., London). 1952 – Sold to Extramar Panama SA, Panama, and renamed ALBA. Managed by Central American SS Agency,New York - Olympic Maritime SA, Monte Carlo from 1953 - Arisona Argentina SA, Buenos Aires from 1960. 1961 – Owned by Plamar SA, Panama, and renamed ALBAMAR (managed by Olympic Maritime SA). 1962 – Transferred to Albamar Cia. Uraguya de Nav. (same name) (managed by Ocean SS Agency, Montevideo). 1964 – Transferred to Extramar Panama SA, and renamed ALBARAN (managed by Central American SS Agency, New York). She was broken up at Taiwan in 1968.