The ship that would not die : USS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curley, Stephen J.
Otros Autores: Shively, J. Dale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 117.
Temas:
Queens (Ship) > History.
Excambion (Ship) > History.
Texas Clipper (Ship) > History.
Queens (Ship)
Excambion (Ship)
Texas Clipper (Ship)
1900-1999
Warships > United States > History > 20th century.
Cargo ships > United States > History > 20th century.
Training-ships > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > United States.
Navires de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cargos > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Navires-écoles > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations navales américaines.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Transport > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Cargo ships
Military operations, Naval > American
Regimental histories
Training-ships
Transportation
Warships
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One. USS Queens, 1944-1946, an Attack Transport: Serving in the Pacific War and Its Aftermath; Chapter 1. Getting It Ready ; Chapter 2. Off to War; Chapter 3. Peacetime; Part Two. SS Excambion, 1948-1959, a Cargo-Passenger Liner: Plying the Mediterranean Trade for the American Flag Fleet; Chapter 4. Teconversion; Chapter 5. The New Four Aces; Chapter 6. Troubled Waters; Part Three. USTS Texas Clipper, 1965-1996, a Floating Classroom: Teaching Merchant Marine Cadets; Chapter 7. On-the-Job Training; Chapter 8. A Changing Role.
  • Chapter 9. Going Out in StyleAfterword by J. Dale Shively. Navigating a Sinking Ship, 1996-2007: From Bureaucracy to the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico; Appendix: Queens/Excambion/Texas Clipper Timeline; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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