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Great American Passenger Ships

2012 History
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Release : 2012
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Great American Passenger Ships by : William H. Miller

Download or read book Great American Passenger Ships written by William H. Miller. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of previously unpublished images and insightful text, a nostalgic look back at a century of U.S. passenger ships The United States has produced some of the world's finest, most interesting, advanced, and innovative passenger ships, such as the amazing SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to sail the seas, ingloriously left lying in limbo for 42 years. This book also documents passenger ships seized in wartime, notably the giant German SS Vaterland, which became the Leviathan in the United States Lines, as well as many newly built passenger ships, such as Santa Rosa, Lurline, President Cleveland, Independence, and Brasil. Also included are peacetime troopships as well as "combo ships," the once very popular passenger-cargo ships. The great saga of American liners continues to this day with modern cruise ships in Hawaiian service. The cast of ships is both vast and varied, but endlessly fascinating. Presenting many unpublished images alongside historic, insightful text including personal anecdotes of the ships and voyages from passengers and crew alike, William Miller takes the reader on a nostalgic voyage and the great American passenger fleet sails once again.

Picture History of American Passenger Ships

2012-10-16 Transportation
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Release : 2012-10-16
Genre : Transportation
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Book Synopsis Picture History of American Passenger Ships by : William H., Jr. Miller

Download or read book Picture History of American Passenger Ships written by William H., Jr. Miller. This book was released on 2012-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVMore than 100 ships documented, including Leviathan, America, Independence, President Polk, and United States. Detailed captions list tonnage, speed, size, and passenger load. Bibliography. Index. Approximately 200 photographs. /div

Great American Ships

1991-12 Architecture
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Release : 1991-12
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Great American Ships by : James P. Delgado

Download or read book Great American Ships written by James P. Delgado. This book was released on 1991-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A welcomed guidebook for anyone interested in historic ships and their preservation." J. Revell Carr, President, Mystic Seaport Museum "Jim Delgado and Candace Clifford have produced a work that makes rewarding reading as well as provides an invaluable source of information on maritime heritage. Their adventurous exploration of this heritage will interest more people in saving our historic ships." Peter Stanford, President, National Maritime Historical Society Our maritime heritage is perhaps best represented by ships—ships that brought our ancestors to the New World, that fought in battles to protect our shores, that moved people and goods from one coast to another and along the continent’s great waterways, and that opened up commerce in foreign lands. Yet, for all their great importance, ships are among the most fragile of historic resources. They are especially subject to neglect and require extraordinary care to preserve them. And they cannot be as easily put to new uses as old buildings, requiring, therefore, a special dedication if they are preserved. Great American Ships for the first time celebrates this part of our national maritime heritage. Here are cataloged more than 225 ships on view to the public from Maine to Hawaii—including riverboats, battleships, ocean liners, fishing craft, yachts, and submarines.

Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940

2015 Ocean liners
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Release : 2015
Genre : Ocean liners
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Book Synopsis Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940 by : William H. Miller

Download or read book Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940 written by William H. Miller. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the ships at sea across the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners The 1930s was perhaps the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners, highlighted by the great shipbuilding inter-nation rivalry: Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Rex and Conte Di Savoia, France's Normandie, and Britain's Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Passengers traveled on some of the most popular liners of all time, L'Atlantique, Empress of Britain, Empress of Japan, Queen of Bermuda, President Coolidge, Strathnaver and Strathaird, Orion, Capetown Castle, Oranje, Mauretania and Andes - and many more. Despite the worldwide Depression and a great shift in trading patterns, it was a wonderful era for shipbuilding and the era of Art Deco on the high seas, the age of 'floating Ginger Rogers'.

Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960

2016 Ocean liners
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Release : 2016
Genre : Ocean liners
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Book Synopsis Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960 by : William H. Miller

Download or read book Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960 written by William H. Miller. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. After the global devastation of two decades of war and Depression, shipyards were creating one new liner after another, it seemed, to rebuild and renew passenger ship services all over the world. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and Oslofjord from Scandinavia, the French Flandre and a succession of new liners from P&O-Orient, the Italian Line, Messageries Maritimes and many more. The new hopeful era of the 1950s was highlighted by such brilliant, headline-making ships as the speedy United States, breaking records on an unprecedented scale, the engines-aft Southern Cross and the mastless Orsova. Showcased beautifully by the stunning images and nostalgic outlook of prolific maritime historian William H. Miller, this book shines a well-earned spotlight on some of the world's most popular passenger liners.

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