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S.S. MEGALOHARI, glass negative
Starboard Broadside view of S.S. MEGALOHARI at Cardiff Docks, 1948.
(about 7176gt) : Built 1944 as ss GEORGE G.CRAWFORD by J.A. Jones Construction Co., Brunswick, Georgia, for the War Shipping Administration (WSA) and managed by American Liberty SS Co, New York. 1947 - Assigned to Rethymnis & Kulukundis (Piraeus), and renamed MEGALOHARI 1950 - Sold to J. Theodorakopoulos, Athens, and managed under the Greek flag by Transworld Marine Transport Corp. New York. 1957 - renamed CALLIOPI MICHALOS for Michalinos Maritime & Commercial Co, Piraeus. 1962 - acquired by N. Michalos & Sons, Chios, managed by Victoria SS Co, London. On the 22nd June 1971 she started leaking after striking a quay at Lobitos, and despite repairs at Capetown, she was scrapped later in the year at Valencia.