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

Contents

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Part One. USS Queens, 1944–1946, an Attack Transport: Serving in the Pacific War and Its Aftermath 1 1. Getting It Ready 3 2. Off to War 33 3. Peacetime 44 Part Two. SS Excambion, 1948–1959, a Cargo-Passenger Liner: Plying the Mediterranean Trade for the American Flag Fleet 63 4. Reconversion 65 5.The New Four Aces 82 6.Troubled Waters 106 Part Three. USTS Texas Clipper, 1965–1996, a Floating Classroom: Teaching Merchant Marine Cadets 117 7. On-the-Job Training 119 8. A Changing Role 142 9. Going Out in Style 163 Afterword by J. Dale Shively. Navigating a Sinking Ship, 1996–2007: From Bureaucracy to the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico 175 Appendix: Queens/Excambion/Texas Clipper Timeline 199 Notes 207 Bibliography 211 Index 219 Contents ...