SS ''Golden Bear'' has been the name of at least three merchant ships:
*
SS ''Golden Bear'' was the former , a
Design 1013 cargo ship built in 1919. She was renamed ''Golden Bear'' in 1928, before being renamed ''Kailua'' in 1937, ''Vyborg'' in 1942, and was destroyed in an explosion in 1947.
* was a
LASH carrier
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built for
Pacific Far East Lines
Pacific Far East Line, also called PFEL in short, was a passenger and cargo shipping line founded in 1943 by Thomas E. Cuffe, in San Francisco, California. At the beginning he started by chartering foreign ships to run the lines in tramp trade. L ...
in 1971. She was sold to
American President Lines
APL, formerly called American President Lines Ltd., is an American container shipping company that is a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM. It operates an all-container ship fleet, including 9 U.S. flagged container vessels.
In 1938, ...
and renamed ''General Grant'' in 1979, resold to
Matson Lines
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in 1996 and renamed ''Chief Gadao'', and sold for scrapping in 2006.
*SS ''Golden Bear'' was a
Type C4-class ship
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a type C4-S-1f, converted by Todd San Pedro for Pacific Far East Lines Inc. as a cargo ship. Built as the Beaver Mariner in 1953 by Bethlehem.
In addition, three ships of the
California State University Maritime Academy
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have been named
''Golden Bear'', the traditional name for the
training ship
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of the university:
* was ''Golden Bear'' between 1946 and 1971.
* was ''Golden Bear'' between 1971 and 1995.
* has been ''Golden Bear'' since 1995.
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Golden Bear
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History
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