S/S CORTLAND / KVLM
GEO. T. BATES & CO.
s/s Cortland abandoned in Saigon - 1970



.............................................................. s/s Cortland was one of the 173 C2 class ships built between 1940 - 1945.

Launched / Builder : Oct. 1943 / Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.
Class : C2-S-B1
Length / Beam / Draft / Depth: 459 / 63 / 26 / 40 ft
Tonnage: 6230 grt
Engine / Speed : Steam turbine, 6000hp /16 kts.

History :
1944 USS Golden City (AP-169)
1955 Ocean Eva
1961 Overseas Eva
196? Cortland
1973 scrapped at Kaoshiung, Taiwan

s/s Golden City (AP-169) was the holder of many war times awards. More historical details can be found on site(s) given in the "Links" related to this page.

.............................................................. Erdem Yurtseven had worked on s/s Cortland from July 1967 to May 1968. He had embarked her in Houston and left her laid up in Saigon. When he went back to Vietnam two years later with s/s Aloha State he had seen s/s Cortland abandoned there. The above pictures were taken on that second trip in 1970.

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................................................................ s/s Aloha State, 1970


We thank Mr. Mueller-Debus very much for sharing with us, the below pictures of s/s Aloha State that he had taken from such great angles at Bremerhaven in early 1960s.


Aloha State (43), Bremerhaven 7-64.


Aloha State (43), Bremerhaven 8-62.


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