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Last week, as the ninth troopship nosed into the harbor, Seattle's outraged matrons had their way. The band was still there and free steak dinners for the boys, but no cancans, no hulas, no cheesecake...
Hard to Sink. The United States narrowly missed being finished as a troopship. Only a change of heart by the Defense Department last fall (TIME, Nov. 13) allowed her to be fitted out as a civilian luxury liner. But Naval Architect William Francis Gibbs, who devised the mass-production method of building the Liberty ships, planned the United States so that she can be converted in a short time to carry 14,000 troops. Below decks the United States has the same watertight compartments which make Navy ships hard to sink. To keep the ship fireproof, no wood has been...
...ship, the SS Svalbard, will arrive in Rotterdam on July 2 and return from Europe on August 313. The Svalbard, like the Volendam currently being used by the NSA and other organizations, is a former troopship, and accommodations will be austere. Recreation and orientation facilities will be provided on board the ship...
...National Student Association last night announced the availability for lowcost student travel this summer of an ex-Norwegian troopship and the Dutch Airlines...
Pressed into troopship service in World War I, she used her speed (23 knots) to zigzag alone through submarine-infested waters. She also performed yeoman service in World War II, carrying 384,586 servicemen to & from battle. Never once was the Aquitania, known as "Grannie," fired on. Between wars she averaged a trip a fortnight from Southampton to New York, carried some 700,000 passengers. Recently the old ship, still in her stripped-down war condition, has been carrying immigrants to Canada. Last week, tied up at the Southampton dock after 35 years' service, the Aquitania was retired. Said...