The first Mormacrio was the ex West Selene.  She was built at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Los Angeles, California.  She went to Russia in 1945 as Magadan and was scrapped in 1947. (Presently, we do not have any photos of the first Mormacrio.)

The second Mormacrio was the ex William Harris Hardy, built as a C3-S-A2 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, delivered to her original owners on October 19, 1946, and obtained by Moore-McCormack Lines in 1947.  In 1967, the Mormacrio was converted for on-deck containers at Maryland Dry Dock, although she never made any containerized trips.  On November 12, 1970, the Mormacrio became the Silver Owl for Avon, but was later scrapped in 1971.

Entering New York Harbor (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.)

(Courtesy of Joe Stone)

(Courtesy of Chief Engineer Charles Ecker.)

In the Northern Atlantic in 1968.

(Courtesy of Chief Engineer Charles Ecker.)

(Courtesy of Chief Engineer Charles Ecker.)

(Courtesy of Chief Engineer Charles Ecker.)

Cadet Charles Ecker aboard the Mormacrio in the Northern Atlantic in 1968. (Courtesy of Chief Engineer Charles Ecker.)