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Port broadside view of S.S. DEMOS at Cardiff Docks.

EC2-S-C1type cargo ship (Hull No.MCE 2131) built 1944 as JOHN SHERMAN by Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California (engine by Willamette Iron & Steel Corp., Portland, Oregon), for the US War Shipping Administration, managed by Alcoa Steamship Co., New York. 1947 – Sold to Atlantic Maritime Co., Panama, and renamed ATLANTIC COAST, managed initially by Boyd, Weir & Sewell, New York, and by Livanos & Co., New York from 1948. 1952 – Transferred to Atlantic Cargo Carriers Inc., under the Liberian flag. Same managers. 1953 – Transferred to Atlantic Freighters Ltd., under the Liberian flag. Same managers. 1961 – Sold to Demades and D.Gioulis & Others, Piraeus, Greece,and renamed DEMOS, managed by Livanos Ltd., London. 1965 – Owners restyled as Demos Special Maritime Co. (same managers). The ship was broken up at Osaka in 1967. (mariners-l.co.uk) (5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~vandy-1/EC2-S-C1 p6.htm) Original date of 1972/74 incorrect, as she was broken up in 1967.