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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. SAMAKRON and tug, c.1946.
(7219gt) : Built 1943 by New England Shipbuilding Corporation's West Yard at South Portland, Maine, USA. Laid down as JEREMIAH L.CHAPLIN, but completed as SAMAKRON for "lease-lend" to the U.K., and managed by Royal Mail Lines. 1947 - She was laid up in James River, Virgina (part of the US reserve fleet?). 1959 - Scrapped at Baltimore