Talk:MS Kungsholm (1928)

Wartime history
This ship, as John Ericsson, had an extensive wartime history as a major troop ship operating under the War Shipping Administration. The ship was one being considered by Navy for conversion to an escort carrier ("AVG-5: (no USN service). This ship was the Swedish liner Kungsholm (1928), which became the U.S. War Shipping Administration troop transport John Ericsson in 1942") and was briefly allocated to Department of State as a ship for returning Axis diplomatic personnel at the start of the war. She then made a number of notable voyages as a troop transport, once being pressed into service to transport elements of the 101st Airborne when the designated transport suffered a casualty. Palmeira (talk) 04:26, 17 August 2013 (UTC)