in the U.S. in June. Finally, between August and December 1945 the ship made two voyages between ports in the United States, and France, Italy and North Africa, presumably as part of Operation Magic Carpet, the effort to return millions of U.S. troops home. John B. Lennon was sold into commercial service in 1947, and under her new owners the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) was renamed Strasbourg. The ship was bought by Cie de Transports Oceaniques in 1948, and Messageries Maritimes in 1955. From 1959, now owned by Mina Corp., she sailed under the Lebanese flag under the name Mantric. The ship was finally scrapped in Onomichi, Japan in 1968. References Liberty ships Ships built in Brunswick, Georgia 1943 ships James River Reserve Fleet Beaumont Reserve Fleet