- MS Kungsholm (1928)
MS "Kungsholm" was a passenger liner which operated for
Swedish American Line from 1928 to 1941. In 1942 the ship was requisitioned by the United States Government under theUnited States Lines flag, and renamed USAT "John Ericsson" (NY-307). Its first cruise was transporting USMC troops from San Francisco to New Zealand.Recommended reading
* Whiting, Charles, "The March on London", Leo Cooper, London (1992, 1996)
* Charles, Roland "W., Troopships of World War II", Washington, DC: The Army Transportation Association, 1947
* Jordan, Roger, "The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships", Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1999
* United States Maritime Commission, Press Releases 926, 940, 945, 951, 952, 959, 963, 969, 977, 983, 984, 988, 998, 1011, 1030, dated June 6, 1941 to September 29, 1941
* Rohwer, Jurgen, "Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two". (Revised and expanded) Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1999
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