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

Curley, Stephen J.

Ship That Would Not Die USS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper / [Recurso electrónico] : Stephen Curley ; afterword by J. Dale Shively. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 235 p. :) ill. (some col.) ; - Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 117 . - Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 117. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

9781603444699 1603444696




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--History--United States--20th century.
Cargo ships--History--United States--20th century.
Warships--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

D774.Q84 / C87 2011

940.54/5973

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