Type C3 ship
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The Type C3 ship were the third type of cargo ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission in the late 1930s. As it had done with the Type C1 ships and Type C2 ships, MARCOM circulated preli
Exporter, the first C3 ship to be completed. Shown in 1943, after conversion by the US Navy to USS Hercules.
Type C2 ship
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Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 328 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to
Type C3 ship
…the third type of cargo ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in the late 1930s. As it had done with the Type C1 ships and Type C2 ships, MARCOM circulated preliminary plans for comment. The design presented was not specific to any service or trade route, but was a general purpose ship…
USS Whiteside anchored in San Francisco Bay, circa 1948, a Type C2-S-B1 ship
USS Wayne, a C2-S-E1
American Forester of type C2-S-B1 (1969
USS Polaris operating off Korea, 1953, a C2