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Castel Verde
Sitmar Lines

Castel Verde was built as the Wooster Victory in 1945, a standard American "Victory" class fast steam turbine troop ship. Wooster Victory was sold to Vlasov in 1947, and was operated under that name on IRO charters (under the Argentinean and Panamanian flags) until 1950 when she was renamed Castel Verde under the Italian flag. By 1952, the IRO charters were coming to an end, and Castel Bianco and Castel Verde (as their names were later rendered), were put into service as emigrant carriers between Genoa and Central America. In 1953 she was rebuilt with extra passenger accommodation, increasing in size from 7607 gross tons to 9006 gross tons. She was one deck lower than the rebuilt Castel Bianco, rebuilt the previous year. Now named Castel Verde, she operated on the Central American service from Genoa until 1957, when Sitmar withdrewthe Central American service and she was sold to the Spanish Line - as was the Castel Bianco - and renamed Monserrat. She was not scrapped until 1973.