FAIRSEA

Built 1941

Società Italiana Trasporti Marittimi (SITMAR) 1937-1988

11,678 Tons

built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Chester, Penn. |

Launched as Rio de la Plata for Moore and McCormack, standard ship type C3-P, but completed as escort carrier, lend/leased to Great Britain renamed HMS Charger, reverted to US Navy and used to train British aircrews, 1946 to United States Maritime Commission and laid up, 1949 sold to Alvion SS Corp., Panama (a subsidiary of A. Vlasov) and converted into a passenger ship renamed Fairsea and placed under SITMAR management, 1955 rebuilt 13,433gt, 1958 transferred to Societa Trasporti Marittimi SpA (SITMAR), 1969 disabled by an engineroom fire, 1969 scrapped at La Spezia.

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