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[QUOTE]Originally posted by palmland: [QB] Since we are on the subject, there once was a very big U.S flagged presence in shipping. For those interested in travel and the great ocean liner era I certainly recommend [URL=http://www.amazon.com/Man-His-Ship-Americas-Architect/dp/1451645074]'A Man and His Ship'.[/URL] It tells the fascinating story of William Francis Gibbs, a great naval architect, who grew up with the birth of the golden age of ocean liners. His lifelong ambition was to design the fastest and most stylish ocean liner. The story of his career (along the way he designed 70% of the ships used by the Navy in WWII), is well told and reminds me of the parallel story of the age of the railroad streamliners. Ultimately he created the fastest ship afloat, the SS United States. But it succumbed to the jet airplane and high U.S. labor costs. The ship is now docked in Philadelphia (and visible for those traveling by on I-95). The ship was recently saved from the scrap heap (again) and plans are to convert it into a hotel. But, if it was put back into service as a U.S. flagged ship, it could certainly avoid that unnecessary stop at Ensenada. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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