(Photos are courtesy of Capt. Tom Ellsworth Copyright © 2003-2004 - All rights reserved. Do not reproduce. If anyone wants copies, please email Tom at tbells@cox.net.)

Midbody expansion. (Photo courtesy of Captain Harold Vanderploeg)

November 5, 1976 - During trials after a 115 foot new mid-section was added at Todd Shipyards in Galveston, Texas.  The dual cranes had been added.  (Courtesy of Robert Castano.)

(Photo courtesy of Captain Harold Vanderploeg)

In Santos, 1971.  (Courtesy of site dedicated to Radio Operator Erdem Yurtseven.)

Above is a two-page photo of the Mormacdraco.  It was also used as a postcard for some of the cargo liners.  The postcard on the right was sent to Karin Cleary by her father, Purser Robert Melsopp.  The photo was taken in Rio in the Baía de Guanabara with Pão de Açúcar in the background.

(Two-page photo & postcard courtesy of Karin Cleary.)

"Speedy the Dragon" (Courtesy of Captain Harold Vanderploeg)