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SubTitle: Ships
Posted by: Anonymous on 11/25/1997@16:14hrs:
In Reply to: The Staten Island Ferry posted by: rs on 11/21/1997@00:30hrs:
I rode the ferry for less than two years as a comuter in the Mid '60s
after being discharged from the Navy. To me the ride everyday was a
sightseeing trip. I would watch all the ships and wonder where they
were coming from or going to? during this time the foreign liners
were still in business including the France, QE1, QM, and the three
Italian liners. Of these the France is the only one in service under
a diffrerent name, the Norway I think. The other big liners all ended up
in bad states. The original QE burned in Hong Kong, the great Italian
liners sat in Genoa for many years and then were sold to Iran as
barracks ships for their naval schools, and also burned during the
revolution. Before the Brooklyn Navy Yard closed there was also
the traffic of ships coming and going for repairs. The two biggest
that I remember were the Carriers FDR and Forrestal. Others will
remembet the Battleships that were in storage at the Navy supply docks
in Bayonne. Having had a small taste of salt in my blood the
challange of going back to sea was always present and eventually won!
The Ferry trips provided a small picture of the world and an
introduction to a lifelong adventure of world travel.
oldnacl