# masters of the google ... need pics of the marine star / aquarama's sister ships

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> [@HotRodKid"](#):
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> they are as follows:
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> Marine Eagle (C4-S-B1 hull #340),  
> Marine Raven (C4-S-B2 hull #341),  
> Marine Robin (C4-S-B2 hull #342),  
> Marine Wolf (C4-S-B2 hull #343),  
> Marine Devil (C4-S-B2 hull #344),  
> Marine Fox (C4-S-B2 hull #347),  
> Marine Angel (C4-S-B2 hull #354),  
> Marine Flier (C4-S-B5 hull #355)  
> Marine Arrow (C4-S-B5 hull #355).  
> Marine Fiddler (C4-S-B5 hull #358)  
> Marine Runner (C4-S-B5 hull #359).
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> i was told that a number of things i know about the ship are all false by someone that thinks they know everything, i intend to piss the old fart off
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> the major item in question is my statement that it was a liberty ship for the war, i was “corrected” by being told it was built after the war … basicly for civilian uses

I found this:

> The MV Aquarama was a Liberty ship, built as USS Marine Star in 1945 in Chester, Pa., as a U.S. troop carrier, but it made just one trip across the Atlantic before the war ended. USS Marine Star was converted into a cruise-ferry ship that took passengers between Detroit and Cleveland in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A reproduction picture is now on e-bay

But reading further found this:

> She was neither a Liberty ship, nor a motor vessel. She was built at Chester PA by the Sun SB&DDCo, hull no. 357, as a C4-S-B5 (a combined troop and cargo transport), one of five built late in the war and of twenty C-4s built by Sun. Liberty ships were designated EC-2 by the USMC, were significantly smaller freighters and powered by triple-expansion steam engines. As _Aquarama,_ and now as _Marine Star,_ she retained her original and massive twin GE steam turbines (9900 shp). The presnt _McKee Sons_ and _Joseph H. Thompson_ are converted C4-S-B2s and Sun SB&DDCo products, which were combined troop transports and hospital ships, the former _Marine Angel_ and _Marine Robin_ respectively. And, because of those thirsty turbines, both are barges today.

As for those different hulls:

This is the Marine Robin:  
[http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/thompson.htm](http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/thompson.htm)

The only other info I could find is this site here:

> **[United States Maritime Commission C4 Type Ships](http://www.usmm.org/c4ships.html)**
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> United States Maritime Commission C4 Type Ships used by American Merchant Marine in World War II,lists of ships

That’s all I got.

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