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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:51:41 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote: http://www.matson.com/bos/index.shtml Very interesting. Thanks. Later, Tom |
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![]() "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... http://www.matson.com/bos/index.shtml I sailed on the Lurline and Monterey as a passenger back in the late '60's. We sailed on the Lurline going from LA to Honolulu and then, three years later, the Monterey from Honolulu to LA. I believe that the Lurline had been taken out of passenger service and the Monterey was on its last trip with passengers when we sailed on her. Nice ships as I remember them. |
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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:49:42 -0400, "Bert Robbins"
wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message nk.net... http://www.matson.com/bos/index.shtml I sailed on the Lurline and Monterey as a passenger back in the late '60's. We sailed on the Lurline going from LA to Honolulu and then, three years later, the Monterey from Honolulu to LA. I believe that the Lurline had been taken out of passenger service and the Monterey was on its last trip with passengers when we sailed on her. Nice ships as I remember them. The wife and I took a trip on the Mt. Vernon Victory in the 80's - one of the last Onasis tankers in service at the time. A friend of mine was the Captain. Thing had a baby grand piano in the owner's lounge. Taht trip was a lot of fun. Later, Tom ----------- "Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt..." Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653 |
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The wife and I took a trip on the Mt. Vernon Victory in the 80's - one
of the last Onasis tankers in service at the time. A friend of mine was the Captain. As I remember, she was one of the old midship house tankers, built on gov'ment specs. There were a number of them around, all of which had a good turn of speed and some better than average accomodations, for US ships (which normally have worse than average accomodations ..... kinda like living in an institution). Shen |
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![]() "Shen44" wrote in message ... The wife and I took a trip on the Mt. Vernon Victory in the 80's - one of the last Onasis tankers in service at the time. A friend of mine was the Captain. As I remember, she was one of the old midship house tankers, built on gov'ment specs. There were a number of them around, all of which had a good turn of speed and some better than average accomodations, for US ships (which normally have worse than average accomodations ..... kinda like living in an institution). Shen Onassis got big in the shipping business because he bought the left over Liberty ships from the US government at the end of WW II for less than scrap value. Probably pennies on the $1000. |
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 05:35:03 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Shen44" wrote in message ... The wife and I took a trip on the Mt. Vernon Victory in the 80's - one of the last Onasis tankers in service at the time. A friend of mine was the Captain. As I remember, she was one of the old midship house tankers, built on gov'ment specs. There were a number of them around, all of which had a good turn of speed and some better than average accomodations, for US ships (which normally have worse than average accomodations ..... kinda like living in an institution). Shen Onassis got big in the shipping business because he bought the left over Liberty ships from the US government at the end of WW II for less than scrap value. Probably pennies on the $1000. I know a guy who is a bizillionaire today because of buying surplus aircraft from the government after WWII. Actually sold some back during Korea for a very handsome profit. He still has some AAF two seat trainers in storage. I've often thought of pressing him to buy one and restore it. Later, Tom |
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![]() Calif Bill wrote: Onassis got big in the shipping business because he bought the left over Liberty ships from the US government at the end of WW II for less than scrap value. Probably pennies on the $1000. G Maersk was another of these who made good from WW2. Story goes, he turned over all his ships to US government at the outbreak of the war with the stipulation that all those sunk would be replaced at the end of hostilities. Most of the ships were junk and all were sunk so that at the end of the war he ended up with a fleet of "new" ships, courtesy of Uncle Sam. |
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