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Pacific University

Outside Inside
Location: Japan
Opened: 1968-07-03^[1]^[2]^[3]
Closed: 19xx

A drawing of the Pacific University, originally published on the July 13, 1969^[4] edition of the Japanese newspaper The Tokyo Observer

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The Pacific University^[5]^[6] (太平洋大学, Taiheiyo Daigaku), was a vessel converted from the Greek flag passenger liner "Margarita"^[7]^[8] into a "floating college" by the Omori Research Institute of International Relations of Tokyo^[9] (大森国際研究所, Omori Kokusai Kenkyujo) a.k.a. Omori Research Institute of International Affairs (大森国際問題研究所, Omori Kokusai Mondai Kenkyujo) in 1968^[10]^[3]^[11], equipped with lecture rooms and, for recreation, a complete Sega amusement arcade containing a variety of equipment manufactured both by Sega Enterprises and the major American firms that the company represented in Japan at the time such as Rock-Ola, Williams, Bally, Midway, Chicago Coin, etc.

Born as "La Grande Victory"^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] (Official number^[16]: 247247^[15]^[17], MC Hull: 161^[15], MARAD Type: VC2-S-AP3^[15], operated by the Shepard Steamship Company^[18]^[19]^[20] of Boston, Massachusetts) and built at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation^[21] in 1945^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[12] for the United States Merchant Marine as a World War II troopship^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34] (one of several ships used in Allied convoys during World War II, more precisely convoy CU 65 on April 8, 1945^[35] and convoy UC 65B on April 27, 1945^[36], and also one of over 700 navy ships used by the United States in Operation Magic Carpet^[37]), it was acquired in 1947^[15]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42] by the Dutch government as troop transport and renamed "Waterman"^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]^[47] (meaning "Aquarius"), it was converted in 1952 into a migrant ship as part of the Holland America Line cruise line's fleet^[48]^[49] and ultimately sold in 1963 to the Greek finance and shipping magnate Yiannis Latsis, a.k.a. John Spyridon Latsis^[50] owner and founder of the Latsis Group^[38], where it received the name "Margarita"^[7]^[8] (Greek: ΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΑ, Μαργαρίτα, Μάργαρετ).

Created by Japan's longtime journalist Minoru Omori^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]^[55] (大森実, Omori Minoru), president and founder of the Omori Research Institute of International Relations of Tokyo, the Pacific University consisted of a series of ocean seminars on chartered ships, held five times between 1968^[1]^[2]^[56]^[3] and 1969^[4]^[54] which gave over three thousand young Japanese students a chance to visit the United States and Asian countries in the late 1960s^[5]^[54]^[57].

On July 3, 1968, departing from Tokyo’s Harumi Pier, Sega Enterprises and seven hundred and fifty Japanese college students and business trainees, together with fifty instructors, embarked on the first of a series of five week study visits to the United States. During the trip Japanese college students could study languages, sociology, political science and international relations while at sea and meet with American university students during port calls at San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu.

The ship was laid up and docked at the Japanese port of Shimotsu (currently Kainan) on February 17, 1969^[58]^[59]^[60], after her return from the first two Pacific University cruises^[61] organized by the Omori Research Institute of International Relations of Tokyo, the first from Japan to Los Angeles and Honolulu and the second from Japan to Honolulu and San Francisco, and then sold for scrap in the winter of 1970 to Japanese company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (三井物産株式会社, Mitsui Bussan Kabushiki Gaisha), being delivered in Hiroshima on February 18, 1970^[62]^[60] and ultimately scrapped at Onomichi by ship breakers^[61] Koshin Sangyo Co. Ltd^[63] (興進産業株式会社, Koshin Sangyo Kabushiki Gaisha), where scrapping began in March 1970^[58]^[60] and was completed three months later in June of the same year^[62]^[60].

Sega games aboard

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Basketball
Helicopter
Lady Luck (Williams import)
MotoPolo
World Cup (Bally import)

Magazine articles

Main article: Pacific University/Magazine articles.

Photo gallery

SS La Grande Victory (1945-1947)
SS Waterman (1947-1952)
SS Waterman after conversion (1952-1963)
SS Margarita (1963-1970)
Pacific University
Shinichiro "Slim" Ogasawara ^[64]^[65]^[3]^[66]^[67] (left) of Sega Enterprises service department discussing loading details with a ship's officer
A Sega MotoPolo arcade cabinet being loaded into the Pacific University
Pacific University's students in respective uniform
Thousands of well-wishers throng Tokyo's Harumi Pier on July 3, 1968 to bid bon voyage to the travelers of the Pacific University

External links

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Tokyo Observer, "July 7, 1968" (JP; 1968-07-07), page 1
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The Tokyo Observer, "July 14, 1968" (JP; 1968-07-14), page 1
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Cash Box, "August 10, 1968" (US; 1968-08-10), page 67
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 The Tokyo Observer, "July 13, 1969" (JP; 1969-07-13), page 5
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_main.html (archive.today)
↑ http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_photo.html (archive.today)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 https://i.ibb.co/Fx79HQJ/SSMargarita-1966-08-15.png (archive.today)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 https://i.ibb.co/K0MZVTn/SS-Margarita-Latsis-Lines-GR-Postcard.jpg (archive.today)
↑ https://i.postimg.cc/kMH63Qrd/California-Oil-World-Volume-61-Page-5.png (archive.today)
↑ https://i.ibb.co/m9FxzT1/Marine-Digest-Volume-47-Issues-1-26-Page-5.jpg (archive.today)
↑ Billboard, "August 10, 1968" (US; 1968-08-10), page 39
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/koregon.htm (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-02 04:59)
↑ File:LaGrandeObserver US 2012-07-30.pdf, page 1
↑ File:LaGrandeObserver US 2012-07-30.pdf, page 2
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 File:SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png
↑ File:SignalLettersoftheUnitedStatesMerchantMarine Book US 1947-01-01 (by United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs).pdf, page 6
↑ File:SignalLettersoftheUnitedStatesMerchantMarine Book US 1947-01-01 (by United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs).pdf, page 11
↑ File:OEstadodeSPaulo BR 1948-11-05; Page 51.png
↑ File:Towline US 1951-12.pdf, page 2
↑ File:FunnelMarkingsofSteamshipLines.jpg
↑ File:OregonShipbuildingCorporation US Brochure.pdf
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↑ File:TheAtlantaConstitution US 1945-09-07 Page 16.png
↑ File:LaGrandeObserver US 1945-09-17 FrontPage.png
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↑ https://www.dailybreeze.com/2009/07/04/tour-of-ss-lane-victory-puts-past-back-on-radar/ (archive.today)
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↑ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/operation-magic-carpet-1945 (archive.today)
↑ ^38.0 ^38.1 http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/ss_waterman.HTM (Wayback Machine: 2019-01-24 14:56)
↑ File:RecommendationsoftheDepartmentofCommerceandtheMaritimeCommission Book US 1951 (by United States Congress Senate, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce).pdf, page 124
↑ File:ZierikzeescheNieuwsbode NL 1947-06-20, Page 2.png
↑ File:RotterdamschParoolDeSchiedammer NL 1948-01-24, Page 1.png
↑ File:EilandenNieuws NL 1998-11-20, Page 5.png
↑ https://www.facebook.com/greekshippingmiracle/posts/the-1944-built-cargopassenger-ship-waterman-acquired-by-the-latsis-group-in-1963/1922815621160210/ (archive.today)
↑ https://bouillabaiseworkinprogress.blogspot.com/2013/08/ndsm-emigrantenschepen-ss-groote-beer.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-01-24 18:50)
↑ http://pier21.ns.ca/ships/waterman.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-03-02 10:10)
↑ File:DeVrijeZeeuw NL 1953-01-05, Page 1.png
↑ File:DeStem NL 1960-11-11, Page 2.png
↑ https://books.google.pt/books?id=_xiKDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=pt-PT&pg=PT79&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
↑ http://www.frontiernet.net:80/~hdebruyn/waterman/aprilcover.jpg (Wayback Machine: 2006-07-18 18:24)
↑ http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/en/founding-supporters/john-latsis.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-11-10 16:59)
↑ https://www.imago-images.com/st/0064879354 (archive.today)
↑ http://www.beehive.co.jp/index-e.htm (archive.today)
↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/02/national/focusing-on-people-not-just-words/ (archive.today)
↑ ^54.0 ^54.1 ^54.2 File:UCLADailyBruin US 1969-08-15, Page 11.png
↑ File:BerkeleyTribe US 1969-10, Page 4.png
↑ The Tokyo Observer, "August 4, 1968" (JP; 1968-08-04), page 1
↑ https://white.ap.teacup.com/something/1096.html (archive.today)
↑ ^58.0 ^58.1 https://www.arendnet.com/waterman.htm (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-05 03:34)
↑ https://www.google.pt/search?q=MARGARITA+++lying+at+Shimotsu+since+17/2/69&biw=1366&bih=625&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ALeKk024PSm0CkbVfKng_z4nktYC11TBtw:1628025352283&ei=CLIJYfndENOD8gLA_KO4Dg&oq=MARGARITA+++lying+at+Shimotsu+since+17/2/69&gs_l= (archive.today)
↑ ^60.0 ^60.1 ^60.2 ^60.3 https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=7194 (archive.today)
↑ ^61.0 ^61.1 http://ssmaritime.com/DutchVictoryTrio-1.htm (Wayback Machine: 2020-12-11 17:31)
↑ ^62.0 ^62.1 https://werf-gusto.com/?p=27855 (archive.today)
↑ http://www.koshin-sangyo.com/outline/ (archive.today)
↑ Cash Box, "February 28, 1970" (US; 1970-02-28), page 62
↑ Billboard, "March 14, 1970" (US; 1970-03-14), page 76
↑ Cash Box, "March 20, 1965" (US; 1965-03-20), page 56/57 (56)
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[:File:CashBox_US_1970-02-28.pdf_p62-64] Cash Box, "February 28, 1970" (US; 1970-02-28), page 62

[:File:Billboard_US_1970-03-14.pdf_p76-65] Billboard, "March 14, 1970" (US; 1970-03-14), page 76

[:File:CashBox_US_1965-03-20.pdf_p56_.2856.2F57.29-66] Cash Box, "March 20, 1965" (US; 1965-03-20), page 56/57 (56)

[:File:Billboard_US_1965-03-20.pdf_p53-67] Billboard, "March 20, 1965" (US; 1965-03-20), page 53

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-[[File:PacificUniversity14.png|thumb|300px|right|A drawing of the ''Pacific University'', originally published on the July 13, 1969{{magref|tokyoobserver|127|5}} edition of the Japanese newspaper ''The Tokyo Observer]]{{stub}}The '''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''{{ref|https://archive.ph/Z9l51|http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_main.html}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/ygsoy|http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_photo.html}} (太平洋大学, ''Taiheiyo Daigaku''), was a vessel converted from the Greek flag passenger liner [https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145826im_/http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/images/Founding-Supporters/Latsis/29_MARGARITA_1.jpg ''"Margarita"'']{{ref|https://archive.ph/u8jdF/c440ba853b1ea8ecf871209341bca7cc739db32d.png|https://i.ibb.co/Fx79HQJ/SSMargarita-1966-08-15.png}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/nfOJ8/e054a0f223fb07f0df19ddf40297bed52a4c2ffb.jpg|https://i.ibb.co/K0MZVTn/SS-Margarita-Latsis-Lines-GR-Postcard.jpg}} into a "floating college" by the [https://books.google.pt/books?id=jMYiAQAAMAAJ&q=using+a+greek+flag+vessel+as+a+floating+campus&dq=using+a+greek+flag+vessel+as+a+floating+campus&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMx5H3jqLyAhVzmVwKHaVsAvsQ6AEwAHoECAkQAg Omori Research Institute of International Relations] of Tokyo{{ref|https://archive.ph/wfw0u/3bc7e69809a1722ccf0b942e9dae1395107bd6d2.png|https://i.postimg.cc/kMH63Qrd/California-Oil-World-Volume-61-Page-5.png}} (大森国際研究所, Omori Kokusai Kenkyujo) a.k.a. [https://books.google.pt/books?id=BuALAAAAIAAJ&q=omori+research+institute+of+international+affairs&dq=omori+research+institute+of+international+affairs&hl= Omori Research Institute of International Affairs] (大森国際問題研究所, Omori Kokusai Mondai Kenkyujo) in [https://archive.ph/9TB5e 1968]{{ref|https://archive.ph/0rqW5/b275c2e026b2266e8c8b8005c6e6eceec8a15b66.jpg|https://i.ibb.co/m9FxzT1/Marine-Digest-Volume-47-Issues-1-26-Page-5.jpg}}{{magref|cb|1968-08-10|67}}{{magref|bb|1968-08-10|39}}, equipped with lecture rooms and, for recreation, a complete [[Sega]] amusement arcade containing a variety of equipment manufactured both by [[Sega Enterprises]] and the major American firms that the company represented in Japan at the time such as [[Rock-Ola]], [[Williams]], [[Bally]], [[Midway]], [[wikipedia:Chicago Coin|Chicago Coin]], etc.
+[[File:PacificUniversity14.png|thumb|300px|right|A drawing of the ''Pacific University'', originally published on the July 13, 1969{{magref|tokyoobserver|127|5}} edition of the Japanese newspaper ''[[The Tokyo Observer]]'']]{{stub}}The '''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''{{ref|https://archive.ph/Z9l51|http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_main.html}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/ygsoy|http://www.beehive.co.jp/pu/pu_photo.html}} (太平洋大学, ''Taiheiyo Daigaku''), was a vessel converted from the Greek flag passenger liner [https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145826im_/http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/images/Founding-Supporters/Latsis/29_MARGARITA_1.jpg ''"Margarita"'']{{ref|https://archive.ph/u8jdF/c440ba853b1ea8ecf871209341bca7cc739db32d.png|https://i.ibb.co/Fx79HQJ/SSMargarita-1966-08-15.png}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/nfOJ8/e054a0f223fb07f0df19ddf40297bed52a4c2ffb.jpg|https://i.ibb.co/K0MZVTn/SS-Margarita-Latsis-Lines-GR-Postcard.jpg}} into a "floating college" by the [https://books.google.pt/books?id=jMYiAQAAMAAJ&q=using+a+greek+flag+vessel+as+a+floating+campus&dq=using+a+greek+flag+vessel+as+a+floating+campus&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMx5H3jqLyAhVzmVwKHaVsAvsQ6AEwAHoECAkQAg Omori Research Institute of International Relations] of Tokyo{{ref|https://archive.ph/wfw0u/3bc7e69809a1722ccf0b942e9dae1395107bd6d2.png|https://i.postimg.cc/kMH63Qrd/California-Oil-World-Volume-61-Page-5.png}} (大森国際研究所, Omori Kokusai Kenkyujo) a.k.a. [https://books.google.pt/books?id=BuALAAAAIAAJ&q=omori+research+institute+of+international+affairs&dq=omori+research+institute+of+international+affairs&hl= Omori Research Institute of International Affairs] (大森国際問題研究所, Omori Kokusai Mondai Kenkyujo) in [https://archive.ph/9TB5e 1968]{{ref|https://archive.ph/0rqW5/b275c2e026b2266e8c8b8005c6e6eceec8a15b66.jpg|https://i.ibb.co/m9FxzT1/Marine-Digest-Volume-47-Issues-1-26-Page-5.jpg}}{{magref|cb|1968-08-10|67}}{{magref|bb|1968-08-10|39}}, equipped with lecture rooms and, for recreation, a complete [[Sega]] amusement arcade containing a variety of equipment manufactured both by [[Sega Enterprises]] and the major American firms that the company represented in Japan at the time such as [[Rock-Ola]], [[Williams]], [[Bally]], [[Midway]], [[wikipedia:Chicago Coin|Chicago Coin]], etc.
 Born as ''"La Grande Victory"''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180302045945/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/koregon.htm}}{{fileref|LaGrandeObserver US 2012-07-30.pdf|page=1}}{{fileref|LaGrandeObserver US 2012-07-30.pdf|page=2}}{{fileref|SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png}} ([[wikipedia:Official number|Official number]]{{fileref|SignalLettersoftheUnitedStatesMerchantMarine Book US 1947-01-01 (by United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs).pdf|page=6}}: 247247{{fileref|SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png}}{{fileref|SignalLettersoftheUnitedStatesMerchantMarine Book US 1947-01-01 (by United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs).pdf|page=11}}, [[wikipedia:United States Maritime Commission|MC]] [[wikipedia:Hull number|Hull]]: 161{{fileref|SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png}}, [[wikipedia:United States Maritime Administration|MARAD Type]]: VC2-S-AP3{{fileref|SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png}}, operated by the Shepard Steamship Company{{fileref|OEstadodeSPaulo BR 1948-11-05; Page 51.png}}{{fileref|Towline US 1951-12.pdf|page=2}}{{fileref|FunnelMarkingsofSteamshipLines.jpg}} of [[wikipedia:Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]) and built at the [[wikipedia:Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation|Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation]]{{fileref|OregonShipbuildingCorporation US Brochure.pdf}} in 1945{{fileref|LaGrandeObserver US 1945-01-15 FrontPage.png}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091351/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/134105435/}}{{fileref|TheBosnsWhistle US 1945-03-09.pdf|page=1}}{{fileref|TheBosnsWhistle US 1945-03-09.pdf|page=5}}{{fileref|OregonShipbuildingCorporation US Brochure.pdf|page=19}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180302045945/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/koregon.htm}} for the [[wikipedia:United States Merchant Marine|United States Merchant Marine]] as a World War II troopship{{ref|https://archive.ph/iCq7k|http://www.skylighters.org/special/vicships/}}{{fileref|TroopshipsofWorldWarII Book US 1947-04 (by Roland Wilbur Charles).pdf|page=363}}{{fileref|TroopshipsofWorldWarII Book US 1947-04 (by Roland Wilbur Charles).pdf|page=364}}{{fileref|TheAtlantaConstitution US 1945-09-07 Page 16.png}}{{fileref|LaGrandeObserver US 1945-09-17 FrontPage.png}}{{fileref|TheBosnsWhistle US 1945-11-23.pdf|page=2}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/VpXCf|https://www.dailybreeze.com/2009/07/04/tour-of-ss-lane-victory-puts-past-back-on-radar/}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/TiaSw|http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Ground%20Crew/343rd/Humiston%20Harold%20H%20TSgt.htm}} (one of several ships used in  [[wikipedia:List of Allied convoys during World War II by region#North Atlantic Convoys|Allied convoys during World War II]], more precisely [[wikipedia:CU convoys|convoy CU 65]] on April 8, 1945{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20220105014619/http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/cuconvoys.html}} and [[wikipedia:CU convoys#Ballasted empty ships westbound|convoy UC 65B]] on April 27, 1945{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190321130449/http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/ucconvoys.html}}, and also one of over 700 navy ships used by the United States in [[wikipedia:Operation Magic Carpet|Operation Magic Carpet]]{{ref|https://archive.md/7dD2U|https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/operation-magic-carpet-1945}}), it was acquired in 1947{{fileref|SSLaGrandeVictory US Vessel Status Card.png}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145633/http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/ss_waterman.HTM}}{{fileref|RecommendationsoftheDepartmentofCommerceandtheMaritimeCommission Book US 1951 (by United States Congress Senate, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce).pdf|page=124}}{{fileref|ZierikzeescheNieuwsbode NL 1947-06-20, Page 2.png}}{{fileref|RotterdamschParoolDeSchiedammer NL 1948-01-24, Page 1.png}}{{fileref|EilandenNieuws NL 1998-11-20, Page 5.png}} by the Dutch government as troop transport and renamed [https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145826im_/http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/images/Founding-Supporters/Latsis/28_WATERMAN.jpg ''"Waterman"'']{{ref|https://archive.ph/9n4d3|https://www.facebook.com/greekshippingmiracle/posts/the-1944-built-cargopassenger-ship-waterman-acquired-by-the-latsis-group-in-1963/1922815621160210/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190124185002/https://bouillabaiseworkinprogress.blogspot.com/2013/08/ndsm-emigrantenschepen-ss-groote-beer.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000302101020/http://pier21.ns.ca/ships/waterman.html}}{{fileref|DeVrijeZeeuw NL 1953-01-05, Page 1.png}}{{fileref|DeStem NL 1960-11-11, Page 2.png}} (meaning ''"[[wikipedia:Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]]"''), it was converted in 1952 into a migrant ship as part of the [[wikipedia:Holland America Line|Holland America Line]] cruise line's fleet{{ref|1=https://books.google.pt/books?id=_xiKDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=pt-PT&pg=PT79&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20060718182455if_/http://www.frontiernet.net:80/~hdebruyn/waterman/aprilcover.jpg}} and ultimately sold in 1963 to the Greek finance and shipping magnate [[wikipedia: Yiannis Latsis|Yiannis Latsis]], a.k.a. John Spyridon Latsis{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20181110165910/http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/en/founding-supporters/john-latsis.html}} owner and founder of the ''Latsis Group''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145633/http://www.frontiernet.net/~hdebruyn/waterman/ss_waterman.HTM}}, where it received the name [https://web.archive.org/web/20190124145826im_/http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/images/Founding-Supporters/Latsis/29_MARGARITA_1.jpg ''"Margarita"'']{{ref|https://archive.ph/u8jdF/c440ba853b1ea8ecf871209341bca7cc739db32d.png|https://i.ibb.co/Fx79HQJ/SSMargarita-1966-08-15.png}}{{ref|https://archive.ph/nfOJ8/e054a0f223fb07f0df19ddf40297bed52a4c2ffb.jpg|https://i.ibb.co/K0MZVTn/SS-Margarita-Latsis-Lines-GR-Postcard.jpg}} ([[wikipedia:Greek alphabet|Greek:]] ΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΑ, Μαργαρίτα, Μάργαρετ).