Talk:SS Mariposa (1931)

War Time service of the Maniposa
I am at odds with the information regarding sailing dates/routes of the above ship.

My Late father when returning to the UK in late 1943 was on the Maniposa when it was being used by the United staes Army Transport from Sydney to San Francisco (I have a document date 12/11.1943 at 14:02 PST to frove this.

Alan John Spencer Derby


 * That's very interesting, and brings up the question of whether your father or James Louis Watters was mistaken about the ship's name or about the dates involved. I don't know how to resolve the disparity. Binksternet (talk) 18:35, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

SS Mariposa in 1958!
I disagree with the artile that stated she had been renamed prior to 1958, and also that she was in the North Atlantic at this time. I sailed on her from LA to Australia in the fall of 1958, I have in my possession a menu from said cruise and also many pics.I was a young man of 14 and hd fun getting lost in places and passagways I should not have gone. Thanks Leonard Adams —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.71.63 (talk) 20:34, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Mariposa sails from LA to Honolulu on Dec 25, 1932 with several Green Bay Packer football players
Hello,

My grandfather, Roger Grove, a professional football player for the Green Bay Packers, sailed on the Mariposa on Dec 25, 1932 for an exhibition game in Hawaii. It was common practice in those days to play exhibition games in addition to the regular football schedule. I have a partial passenger list which was retrieved from Ancestry.com. On this list are several Green Bay Packer players: Henry "Hank" Bruder Lavern "Lavvie" Dilweg Wuert Englemann Milton "Milt" Gantenbein Roger Grove Arnold "Arnie" Herber William "Clarke" Hinkle Earl "Curly" Lambeau John "Johnny Blood" McNally August "Mike" Michalske

D'Nel Grove Stucki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.164.103.47 (talk) 20:29, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Location of service is wrong for the time encompassing 1971
Our family was transported by the US Navy - my father was in the service at that time - in September, 1971, from Honolulu to San Francisco on the SS Mariposa.

The following site indicates what I know is correct, that the Mariposa was in service with Matson Lines in the Pacific at that time. http://www.ssmaritime.com/matson-mariposa-monterey-2.htm (see the caption of the last photo at the bottom of the page)


 * That ssmaritime website contradicts this Home Line postcards webpage which says that Home Lines was operating the ship in the 1960s and early '70s. I think more information should be sought out, something more exhaustive. Binksternet (talk) 20:43, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I can confirm the above statement. My father Joey Rardin was the entertainment Director on the Monterey and the Mariposa at that time. He worked for them until his death in 1972 and he worked the pacific far east and Australia routes. I have no sources outside my mothers memories. but i'm sure a crew manifest could be found to verify it.


 * Somebody added the following to the article here, with links talking about a similar ship named Mariposa II. It might explain the disparity. Binksternet (talk) 10:15, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

"The name was bestowed on another Matson vessel in 1956, converted from a 1952 cargo ship. There is no Wikipedia reference yet.  "

Service for D-Day, June 1944
in the timeline, it shows:

Spring 1944 New York to North Africa[18] 8 August 1944 left Boston for Liverpool; sailed alone[19]

It left for North Africa from New York, then left for Liverpool from Boston ?

My father was in the 82nd Airborne WWII. He missed the jump the night before D-Day on Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Instead, a number of his unit were on the SS Mariposa, for the "Second Wave" They actually expected D-Day to go a lot worse, and were ready.

The SS Mariposa was as sea, just off Normandy, June 6, 1944. It then delivered the troops, don't have exact date of troop deployment.