MARINE FALCON Length, overalL.523' O" Beam ยท~~~~~ 7 2' O" Draft ~~~~ 29' 0" Gross tons ~~ Speed (knots) Radius (miles)~~ 12,420 17 12,000 Propulsion ~Turbine Passengers 3,48.5 Cargo (cu. ft.)~~ 53,000 Built in 1945 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash. Operated during World War II by American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. T HIS C4 type vessel, although actually completed before V-J Day, did not get to transport troops overseas for battle. The MARINE FALCON left San Francisco in late September 1945 and reached Yokohama, Japan, in early October. She visited Osaka, Wakayama and Nagoya in Japan, and Inchon, Korea before returning to Portland, Oregon in early November. The ship's next outbound voyage was to Inchon, where she arrived on 5 January 1946. She left the Korean port two days later for Seattle, arriving at the latter in late January. The MARINE FALCON'S next journey-begun in late February 1946-took her to Tokyo, Yokohama and Calcutta, India. The vessel returned to Seattle in late March, and sailed in late April for Shanghai, where she was due to arrive 12 May 1946.
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