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| Name |
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| Namesake | Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo |
| Owner |
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| Builder | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $625,000 |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Fate | Sold to the US Navy, 2 February 1942 |
| History | |
 United States | |
| Name | Marcasite (PY-28) |
| Namesake | Marcasite |
| Acquired | 2 February 1942 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 5 October 1944 |
| Stricken | 14 October 1944 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold, 5 December 1944 |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Yacht, later a patrol yacht and a passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 968 GRT |
| Displacement | 1,130 long tons (1,150 t) |
| Length | 225 ft 2 in (68.63 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 800hp diesel engines |
| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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MV Star of Malta was a passenger ferry which operated routes from Malta to Sicily in the 1950s and 1960s, notable for its sinking off Malta on 29 July 1955, resulting in the death of one crew member and one passenger. Prior to that, she had a long career under a number of different names.
The vessel was built in 1928 as the luxury yacht Camargo for Julius Fleischmann, Jr. She made a world cruise in 1930–31, during which its crew spied on Japanese-held territories on behalf of the American government. In 1938, she was sold to the Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo, being renamed Ramfis.
From 1942 to 1944, the vessel served in the United States Navy as the patrol yacht USS Marcasite (PY-28). She was subsequently sold into commercial service, being renamed Commando in 1944 and Westminster in 1947. In 1952, the vessel was acquired by Paul M. Laferla, and she was renamed Star of Malta and converted into a passenger ferry, operating routes from Malta to Sicily. After the 1955 sinking, she was raised and returned into service. She was scrapped in Italy in 1966.