SS Aloha State major corporate reorganization, sold the ship to States Marine Lines in 1960. They renamed the ship "Aloha State", and it served as an international cargo ship until 1971. It was scrapped sometime between August 21 and 31, 1971, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. SS Aloha State SS "Aloha State, known in World War II as SS "Sea Snipe, was a Type C3-S-A2 transport ship that served during World War II. After the war, it served as a civilian transport ship for 24 years, until it was scrapped in August 1971. "Aloha State" was laid down on August 8, 1942 as "Sea Snipe"
Talofa Talofa Talofa is a salutation or greeting in the Samoan language of the Samoan Islands. "Talofa" echoes in such phrases as "ta'alofa" in Tuvalu, "aloha" in Hawaiian and "aro'a" in Cook Islands Māori. Another Samoan salutation "To life, live long!" properly translated "Ia ola!" also echoes in places such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), where the formal greeting in Māori is Kia ora and in Tahiti (French Polynesia) where it is 'Ia orana. "Talofa" is also the greeting of the island of Lifou (New Caledonia), and of the island state of Tuvalu. The word was brought to Lifou by the Samoan