Ship That Would Not Die : USS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Curley, Stephen J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 117.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Texas Clipper (Ship) > History.
Excambion (Ship) > History.
Queens (Ship) > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
Training-ships > United States > History > 20th century.
Cargo ships > United States > History > 20th century.
Warships > United States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • USS Queens, 1944-1946, an attack transport: serving in the Pacific War and its aftermath
  • SS Excambion, 1948-1959, a cargo-passenger liner: plying the Mediterranean trade for the American flag fleet
  • USTS Texas Clipper, 1965-1996, a floating classroom: teaching merchant marine cadets
  • Afterword: Navigating a sinking ship, 1996-2007: from bureaucracy to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico / J. Dale Shively
  • Appendix: Queens/Excambion/Texas Clipper timeline.

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