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Picture History of American Passenger Ships , by William H. Miller, published by Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 2001. 9 x 11¾ paperback, 128 pages. ISBN 07-8

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In their heyday ocean liners were floating palaces, providing well-to-do passengers with a style of travel unmatched in glamor and elegance. Now noted maritime authority William H. Miller, Jr., author of numerous other best-selling picture histories of the world's great passenger fleets, has compiled a loving tribute to American ocean liners.

This authoritative volume contains approximately 200 black-and-white photographs -- most never before published (including one of noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs that looks like a Norman Rockwell painting) -- documenting the majestic exteriors and stylish, impeccably maintained interiors of more than 100 ships, including the Leviathan , America's first superliner; the beautifully outfitted America which blended luxury with a feeling of coziness; American Export Lines’ Independence and Constitution , with their two Hollywood-style swimming pools; the President Polk and the President Monroe , each with a wood-burning fireplace in the main lounge; and, finally, the magnificent United States , which "was well ahead in almost every way of every other passenger ship then afloat."

Detailed captions provide a wealth of information on tonnage, speed, size, builder, and passenger load. This comprehensive visual record-painstakingly printed on coated stock-will delight maritime historians and ocean-liner enthusiasts everyw

Table of Contents America's First Superliner: Leviathan "Acquisitions, Seizures, and Other Prizes of War" Standard Classes The Late Twenties: Big New Liners Small Ships of the Prewar Era Expansion: Building Up the Fleet New National Flagship: America "Combo" Ships: Passengers and Cargo" Serving the Military During and After World War II Modern American Luxury at Sea Bibliography Index of Ships in Illustrations

Among the more than 100 ships covered are: America’s first superliner: Leviathan , formerly the Vaterland USS Mount Vernon , formerly Kronzprinzessin Cecile USS George Washington America , formerly Amerika Columbia , formerly Belgenland , built by Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Northern Ireland The 535s and 502s, including the President Roosevelt , in Navy service as USS Joseph T. Dickman , built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey President Harding President Jackson of the American Mail Line, served in the Navy as USS Zeilin , built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News. Virginia. The American Merchant class, built by American Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pennsylvania. Matson Line’s Malolo , built by William Cramp Shipbuilders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Panama Pacific Line’s California , Pennsylvania , and Virginia Clyde Mallory Lines’ Iroquois and Shawnee Alaska Steamship Co.’s Aleutian United States Lines’ Manhattan and Washington Export Steamship Co.’s Excalibur , Exochorda , Exeter , and Excambion Grace Line’s Santa Paula , designed by noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs, and built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey. Ward Line’s Morro Castle and Oriente Dollar Line’s President Hoover and President Coolidge Matson Navigation Co.’s Mariposa , Monterey (later refurbished by Matson and renamed Matsonia ), and Lurline , built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts. United States Lines’ America , designed by William Francis Gibbs, which became the flagship of the U.S. merchant fleet, and forerunner of United States . Renamed USS West Point for her service as a troop transport during World War II. Panama Lines’ “combo” ships, Ancon , Panama , and Cristobal . Farrell Lines’ “combo” ships African Endeavour and African Enterprise American President Lines’ “combo” ships, President Jackson , President Monroe , President Hayes , President Garfield , President Van Buren and President Polk , and APL’s converted troop transports P...

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