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MS ''Gripsholm'' was an ocean liner, built in 1924 by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, for the Swedish American Line for use in the Gothenburg-New York City run. She was of great historical importance as the first ship built for transatlantic express service as a diesel-powered motor vessel, rather than as a conventional steamship. Within forty years, however, all major passenger vessels would be diesel-powered. From 1927 onwards, the ''Gripsholm'' was used as a cruise ship alongside transatlantic crossings. From 1942 to 1946, the United States Department of State chartered ''Gripsholm'' as an exchange and repatriation ship, carrying Japanese and German nationals to exchange points where she then picked up US and Canadian citizens (and British married to Americans or Canadians) to bring home to the USA and Canada. In this service she sailed under the auspices of the International Red Cross, with a Swedish captain and crew. The ship made 12 round trips, carrying a total of 27,712 repatriates. Exchanges took place at neutral ports; at Lourenço Marques in Mozambique or Mormugoa in Portuguese India with the Japanese, and Stockholm or Lisbon with the Germans. After the war, ''Gripsholm'' was used to deport inmates of US prisons to Italy and Greece. The Swedish American Line sold ''Gripsholm'' to Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1954, who renamed her MS ''Berlin''. The ship was sold for scrap in 1966. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Gripsholm (1924)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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