SS Matsonia

SS Matsonia may refer to one of these ships operated by the Matson Navigation Company:

SS Matsonia (1913), served as USS Matsonia (ID-1589) during World War I; sold to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed Etolin; served as United States Army troopship USAT Etolin during World War II; placed in reserve fleet in 1946, scrapped in 1957
SS Matsonia (1926), originally named Malolo, was renamed Matsonia in 1937; served as War Shipping Administration troopship during World War II; later sold to Home Lines and operated as Atlantic and, later, Queen Frederica; damaged by fire in 1978, she was scrapped three years later
SS Matsonia (1932), originally named the Monterey, then renamed in 1957, before being sold and becoming the Lurline and then the Britanis for Chandris Lines, operating as a cruise ship for the until 2000, when she was sold for scrap and sank on her way to Indian ship breakers.

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