THE SS UNITED STATES THE LAST QUEEN OF THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE

摘要

On June 23, 1952, the new superliner United Stales sailed into her home port. New Yorkers lined parks and streets along the Hudson River giving a boisterous welcome to the ship described by Life magazine as "a proud present to the Nation on her anniversary of independence." From the skyscrapers and high apartment buildings, thousands more cheered, waxed, and tossed streamers. An uproar of saluting toots, whistle blasts and sirens from escorting boats and shore factories filled the air. The slim, trim American beauty made her way up the river, acknowledging the cheers with a distinct bellowing baritone roar of her fog horn. At sea it had a range of three miles.