SS Shabonee

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SS Shabonee may refer to one of two Type T3-S-A1 tankers built for the United States Maritime Commission by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard:

  • SS Shabonee (1942) (MC hull number 518), became USS Escalante (AO-70)[1]; sold for commercial use in 1947 as SS George MacDonald; exploded and sank in June 1960
  • SS Shabonee (1943) (MC hull number 524), scrapped in 1965