Ships of United Fruit Company's Great White Fleet
- Admiral Dewey, Admiral Schley, Admiral Sampson & Admiral Farragut (1899) U.S. Navy surplus after Spanish-American War - Each carried 53 passengers & 35000 bunches of bananas.
- Venus (1903) United Fruit Company's first refrigerated banana ship
- San Jose, Limon & Esparta (1904) first banana reefers built to United Fruit design - San Jose & Esparta were sunk by U-boats during World War II.
- Atenas (1909) class of thirteen 5000-ton banana reefers built in Ireland
- Pastores (1912) 7241-ton cruise liner became USS Pastores (AF-16)
- Calamares (1913) 7622-ton banana reefer became USS Calamares (AF-18)
- Toloa (1917) 6494-ton banana reefer
- Ulua (1917) 6494-ton banana reefer became USS Octans (AF-26)
- San Benito (1921) 3724-ton banana reefer became USS Taurus (AF-25)
- Mayari & Choluteca (1921) 3724-ton banana reefers
- La Playa (1923) banana reefer
- Telda, Iriona, Castilla & Tela (1927) banana reefers
- Aztec (1929) banana reefer
- Platano & Musa (1930) banana reefers
- Chiriqui (1932) 6963-ton turbo-electric cruise liner became USS Tarazed (AF-13)
- Jamaica (1932) 6968-ton turbo-electric cruise liner became USS Ariel (AF-22)
- Veraqua (1932) 6982-ton turbo-electric cruise liner became USS Merak (AF-21)
- Talamanca (1932) 6963-ton turbo-electric cruise liner became USS Talamanca (AF-15)
- Quiriqua (1932) 6982-ton turbo-electric cruise liner became USS Mizar (AF-12)
- Antigua (1932) Turbo-electric cruise liner providing 2-week cruises of Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Honduras and the Panama Canal Zone.
- Oratava (1936) banana reefer
- Comayagua, Junior, Metapan, Yaque & Fra Berlanga (1946) banana reefers
- Manaqui (1946) bulk sugar ship
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