SS Mari Chandris was a cargo steamship. She was built in Japan in 1918 as Seifuku Maru No. 20, and bought that year by the United States Shipping Board (USSB), who renamed her Easterner. From November 1918 to May 1919 she spent six months in the United States Navy as USS Easterner (ID–3331), carrying cargo between the East Coast of the United States and France.
The ship as Easterner, in First World War camouflage
Easterner alongside other ships in First World War camouflage
SS Tzenny Chandris was a cargo steamship. She was built in Japan in 1920 as Eastern Planet, and renamed Tzenny Chandris when she changed owners in 1937.
Easterner, one of Eastern Planet's sister ships, in First World War camouflage in 1918. John Chandris bought her in 1937 and renamed her Mari Chandris.
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