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SS Monterey
SS ''Monterey'' was a luxury ocean liner launched on 10 October 1931. The ship was completed April 1932 and is shown in registers as a 1932 ship.〔The Matson liner, operating as a troopship, is sometimes erroneously seen as USAT ''Matsonia''. A much smaller ship, official number 232021, , ex ''Puerto Rico'', ex ''Hati'' built by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, is also seen in most registers with a 1932 date. This smaller ship was also acquired by WSA on 26 September 1942, allocated to the U.S. Army under bareboat charter and ''did'' operate as . It was this ship that was considered and rejected by Navy as ''Alameda'' (AP-68).〕 ''Monterey'' was the third of the four ships of the Matson Lines "White Fleet", which were designed by William Francis Gibbs and also included , and . ''Monterey'' was identical to ''Mariposa'' and very similar to ''Lurline''. During World War II ''Monterey'' was used as a troopship operated by Matson as agents of the War Shipping Administration (WSA). ''Monterey'' was a large, fast transport capable of sailing independently and was allocated to serving Army troop transport requirements. The ship was involved in an attack on a convoy near Cape Bougaroun.
==Career with Matson Lines==
''Monterey'' was built to promote travel to Hawaii and for Pacific Ocean liner service including regular stops in ports along the West Coast of the United States, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. On 12 May 1932 she took 83 passengers from New York City to the West Coast on a positioning cruise. Her maiden voyage officially began 3 June 1932 in San Francisco, California after which she made stops in Los Angeles, Honolulu, Auckland, Pago Pago, Suva, Sydney and Melbourne. She scored a public relations triumph when she carried much-appreciated supplies to the ''Bear of Oakland'' on Byrd's second expedition to the South Pole.〔(Maritime Matters. ''S.S. BELOFIN-1: MONTEREY, MATSONIA, LURLINE, BRITANIS'' )〕
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