S/S MORMACMAIL / KPYW
MOORE MC CORMACK LINES
s/s Mormacmail - New York 1967

.............................................................. Launched / Builder / Class: 1946 /Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi / C3
Tonnage : 8275 Grt / 11167 Dwt
Lenght / Beam : 492 / 69.5 feet
Speed : 17.5 knots
Passenger : 12
1970 North Star State
1971 Scrapped

.............................................................. s/s Mormacmail was Erdem Yurtseven 's first American flag ship. He served aboard as apprentice R/O in 1967. At the time the ship was in South Africa Line. He made his maiden crossing of the equator on her. Ascension Island, Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Beira, Tamatave, Dar es Saalam and Mombasa were among ports of call.

The below picture of the sister ship s/s Mormacisle was taken a year later from another ship.
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.............................................................. s/s Mormacisle - New Orleans 1968. They were seven sister ships.
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.............................................................. s/s Mormacmail - Jacksonville Fl., 1967.
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.............................................................. s/s Mormacmail - Delaware River, 1967.

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