The C-5-S-75a class cargo ship is one of the last remaining bulk cargo
ships that remain in service under the U.S. Flag.
A total of 5 ships were constructed under this class at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co.
in Newport News, VA from 1968 to 1969. They entered the fleet just as containerization
began to take hold, and thus were also one of the last break-bulk cargo ships build in
an American shipyard. Initially all owned by the American Mail Lines, they were all
eventually bought by the American President Lines (APL).