Regular season The Athletics improved 9 games from their 70–84 record in 1951 and improved to 4th in the American League. United States Lines was an American transatlantic shipping company that operated cargo services from 1921 to 1989, and ocean liners until 1969—most famously, United States. The following day, better weather conditions allowed 12 aircraft to take off before dawn and continue the search. On Wednesday afternoon, January 9, Captain George P. Plover (1910-1952) transmits an SOS distress call before ordering the crew to abandon ship. Jim Gibbs, Disaster Logs of Ships (Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1971) 121; "Hull Split Off Coast," The Seattle Times, January 9, 1952, p. 1; "Ships  Search Pacific for 46 in Lifeboats," Ibid., January 10, 1952, p. 1; "13 Seattle-Area Men in Crew of Abandoned Ship," Ibid., January 10, 1952, p. 8; "Wife of Seattle Man on Stricken Ship Keeps Long, Difficult Vigil," Ibid., January 10, 1952, p. 8; "Ill-fated Trip Was Seaman's First in Years," Ibid., January 10, 1952, p. 16; "Weather 'Better' in Hunt for 46 Off Ship," Ibid., January 11, 1952, p. 1; "Wind Rises; Ships Seek 46 Seamen," Ibid., January 12, 1952, p. 1; "Giant Aerial Search Planned for 46 Off Ship," Ibid., January 14, 1952, p. 1; "Two Capsized Lifeboats Sighted in Pacific Search," Ibid., January 15, 1952, p. 1; "Officer Doubts Lifeboats Could Ride Out Storm," Ibid., January 15, 1952, p. 23; "Everything Possible Being Done in Search, Says Master," Ibid., January 15, 1952, p. 23; "Hope 'Slim' for 46 Off Ship, Say Searchers," Ibid., January 16, 1952, p. 12; "Aerial Search for 46 Off Freighter Ends," Ibid., January 17, 1952, p. 21; "C.G. She was launched on July 1, 1953. At 2:16 p.m. the Pennsylvania radioed that conditions were getting worse, the forward hatch covers had gone overboard, and the crew would probably have to abandon ship. The 7,200-ton, steel-hulled vessels were 455 feet in length, with a 22-foot beam and a 28-foot draft. On January 9, 1952, the States Steamship Company freighter SS Pennsylvania with 46 crew aboard sinks during a fierce storm in the North Pacific. The freighter SS Pennsylvania, originally named the Luxembourg Victory, was built in 1944 by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon, for the U.S. The ship was the first major liner to be built in a dry dock, away from prying eyes, and was unveiled to the public already in the water, ensuring its knife-like hull and propellers couldn't be studied by foreign enemies. In 1952, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry was designated by the Governor to administer the Amendments to the Act which permitted public employers to … On Saturday, January 19, the cutter Klamath returned to Seattle and moored at Pier 91, and the cutter Yocona returned to Astoria and moored at City Pier. On Thursday, February 24, 1952, joint memorial services were held by six maritime unions for the 46 merchant seamen who lost their lives in the sinking of the SS Pennsylvania. Two-thirds of its $78 million construction costs had been subsidized by the US government so that the liner could be requisitioned by the military and converted to a troop transport ship with the capacity to carry 14,000 soldiers. Victory ships were powered by a single steam-turbine engine that delivered 8,500 shaft horsepower to their single screw, and could make up to 17 knots (approximately 19.5 mph). She has endured. Planes Continue Hunt for 46 Off Ship," Ibid., January 18, 1952, p. 27; Georg N. Meyers, "Cutter Returns After Battling Huge Seas in Search for 46 Seamen," Ibid., January 19, 1952, p. 7; "Board Named to Investigate Ship Disaster," Ibid., January 23, 1952, p. 25; "Line Asks to Be Freed of Liability," Ibid., January 24, 1952, p. 45; "Ship Loaded Properly, Probers Told," Ibid., February 4, 1952, p. 5; "Safe Loading of Ship Confirmed by Coast Guard," Ibid., February 5, 1952, p. 13. She returned the favor on the day after his death. The final message said: "Leaving now" ("No Trace of Stricken Vessel ..."). SS United States is a retired ocean liner built in 1950–51 for the United States Lines at a cost of $79.4 million. At that time it was established vessel had on board about 30,000 pounds of mixed fish and was about 32 miles (51 km) south southwest of Nantucket Lightship and was planning to head for New Bedford, Massachusetts at midnight to arrive on 13 February so as to make the 14 February fish market. The Coast Guard concluded that the large crack that developed down the port side of her hull was likely caused by metal fatigue, a problem which had plagued the hulls of numerous Liberty and Victory ships mass produced during the war years. Her maiden voyage took place in 1952. SS Pennsylvania was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. Although the mission was unsuccessful, Commander Bullard was thankful that no equipment had been lost or search personnel seriously injured in the violent seas. "One sentiment is, the ship is still here. SS She was launched on July 1, 1953. SS Badger Mariner 1953-1957, SS Atlantic 1957-1971. On Saturday morning, January 5, 1952, the Pennsylvania departed Pier 37 in Seattle with a crew of 46, heading to Yokohama, Japan. Tall, gaunt, and lean, a self-professed curmudgeon and workaholic, he demanded only the best from those that worked for him, calling subordinates from the office early on Sunday mornings. Other than lightbulbs strung along the ceiling, powered by a loudly humming generator, the only light is the ghostly illumination that sifts in through cloudy porthole windows. But, sometimes, big can mean better. サラトガ (USS Saratoga, CVB/CVA/CV-60) は、アメリカ海軍の航空母艦。フォレスタル級航空母艦の2番艦。アメリカ独立戦争におけるサラトガの戦いに因んで命名され、同名を持つ艦としては6隻目である。 Here walked celebrities like Coco Chanel, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne, not to mention four US Presidents. I don't think we think it's a big world anymore. The 254-foot Coast Guard cutter Klamath (WHEC-66) was immediately dispatched from Pier 91 in Seattle to locate the Pennsylvania and escort her to safe harbor. 1/9/1952 SS PENNSYLVANIA: Disappearance with crew in approximate position 51 degrees 09 minutes North, 141 degrees 13 minutes West. The SS United States was expressly designed to serve as an icon of American identity -- and so it is hard not to read something into the ocean liner's battered, rusted, hollowed-out form today. The family boarded in Southampton on England's southeast coast, where the passenger ship's six-story-tall funnels rose up over the docks like two huge fins, painted in blocks of red, white, and blue, their aerodynamic shape signaling the vessel's race-ready design. Her lines, her form, her strength are all still apparent. No other difficulties had been reported. In November 2010, the Conservancy announced a plan to develop a “multi-purpose waterfront complex” with hotels, restaurants and a casino along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia at the proposed location for the stalled Foxwoods Casino project. The PBM began flying a search pattern downwind and dropping red flares, hoping for a reply signal. 1952年のMLBオールスターゲームはアメリカンリーグとナショナルリーグの間で行われた19回目のオールスターゲームである。 1952年 7月8日にフィラデルフィア・フィリーズの本拠地シャイブ・パークで行われた。 試合結果は3 - 2でナショナルリーグが勝利した。 The Coast Guard put the ship's reported position approximately 465 miles due west of the northern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ユナイテッド・ステーツ ( SS United states 、通称「The Big U」)は、 1952年 に建造された オーシャン・ライナー で、ユナイテッド・ステーツ・ライン所属。. While she was entering the North Pacific off Cape Flattery , off of the northern tip of Vancouver Island , Canada , she battled gale winds up to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) and very rough seas. Two Navy PBMs from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, two Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses from McChord Air Force Base, and a Coast Guard B-17 soon joined the search efforts. The ship was down by the bow and her rudder was nearly out of the water. A Most Valuable Player season was turned in by left-handed pitcher Bobby Shantz and the A.L. "I thought, my God, that's my ship.". The public ceremony was held at the Marine Firemen's Union building in Seattle. Despite having no formal training as a naval architect, his firm Gibbs & Cox is believed to have designed 70% of all navy vessels during World War II, including crafts used in the Normandy landing. The inquiry determined the ship was in good condition on the day she sailed from Pier 37 in Seattle, and the cargo properly stored. The States Steamship Company was not held liable for the accident, which was triggered by the abnormal weather conditions. was perennial SS star W3DGM with 187,650 points. A porthole in his family's room looked out over an endless blue horizon, unbroken even by other ships -- an image and memory that helped inspire his illustrated book about the SS United States, "Crossing on Time," released in 2019. The ships stayed in the area, however, and continued to search for survivors. The winds had moderated considerably and the seas were running from 10 to 20 feet. This allowed the operation to maintain constant air cover during daylight hours. プランジャー (USS Plunger, SS-179) は、アメリカ海軍の潜水艦。 ポーパス級潜水艦の一隻。艦名は「潜水夫」を意味する一般名詞。その名を持つ艦としてはSS-2の初期艦名に続き2隻目。なお、退役から17年後にパーミット級原子力潜水艦3番艦として3代目プランジャー (SSN-595)が就役している。 A current project involves gathering submissions of photographs, slides, and home videos, as well as oral memories, from people who have memories of the ocean liner or relatives who traveled on it. Organized by Date of Departure, Steamship Line, Steamship or Ocean Liner, Class of Passengers, Route, and the Ship's Captain. "I remember that the whole thing was vast," Macaulay says of the SS United States. By mid afternoon, the Pennsylvania was being swept by 45-foot seas, the ship's condition had deteriorated markedly, and it was apparent that she was doomed. Her current conditions seems to reflect the prevailing mood in the country -- worn down, bedraggled, in search of a new mission -- just as she reflected US manufacturing might and confidence in the 1950s. From time-honored burger restaurants to decades-old diners, we take a … She's often seen visitors to the SS United States who have connections to its past shed tears on seeing the grand old liner again, overpowered by emotion. The onset of faster, cheaper jet travel had demoted ocean liners as the primary form of transatlantic transportation, and the ship's speed made it something of a gas guzzler. During the eight-day operation not one scrap of evidence that could be positively linked to the Pennsylvania had been recovered. What remains are long, dim hallways, mostly devoid of distinguishing features, that open up unexpectedly into huge darkened rooms, the height of their ceilings revealed by flashlight -- a movie theater here, a first-class dining room there, a grand ballroom bandstand where a drunken Marlon Brando once asked to play the guitar. "United States" - Hampton Roads, 1989.jpg 3,096 × 2,047; 1,004 KB By the end of the day, the sea-and-air rescue craft had covered a 7,000 square-mile area without finding any evidence of the lifeboats, or even flotsam that would indicate the Pennsylvania had sunk. Both cutters searched for the overturned boat, but neither radar sweeps nor lookouts were able to find it in the dark. He was so adamant that the SS United States be fireproof that the only wood he allowed in its outfitting were butcher blocks in the kitchen and pianos -- and even the latter was made of a special flame-resistant mahogany, a quality which Theodore Steinway proved by pouring gasoline over one and tossing on a lit match. Other military planes were standing by to relieve those forced to return to base for fueling. Offseason January 21, 1952: Wally Moses was released by the Athletics. And yet she persists, still with something to say to a country that has largely forgotten the spirit that made her. A tattered American flag hanging from the radar mast ripples in the wind and seagulls stand shoulder to shoulder on guardrails. The ship's architect, William Francis Gibbs, designed her to be indestructible. The wide decks above once hosted passengers muffled in steamer coats, sipping bouillon as they looked out over white-crested waves. On Tuesday, January 15, 1952, a capsized lifeboat was sighted separately by observers in two different aircraft, drifting approximately 125 miles south southeast of the Pennsylvania's last reported position. Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, describes the vessel as a "lady in waiting.". "You can't set her on fire, you can't sink her, and you can't catch her," the ship's designer, self-taught naval architect William Francis Gibbs, was known to say. SS Pennsylvania was a cargo liner built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast[1] and launched in 1896 for the German Hamburg America Line for the transatlantic trade, particularly German emigration to the United States. Low visibility, strong winds, and icing conditions hampered the aerial search, and high seas made life difficult for the vessels scanning the water's surface for the lifeboats. While crossing the Walt Whitman Bridge, he looked down on the gently flowing Delaware River below and recognized the familiar, fleet form of the SS United States docked at Pier 82. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. The ship had departed Seattle on Saturday, January 5, en route to Yokohama, Japan, laden with grain and general cargo. On Saturday, January 12, 1952 the weather had moderated, replaced by thick fog blanketing the area yet to be searched. Her maiden voyage took place in 1952. The gigantic ship has been moored in Philadelphia since 1996. "To experience one major arc of the surface of the planet leaves you with a sense of scale," says Macaulay. Luminaries like Walter Cronkite, Jim Nantz, and President Bill Clinton have lent their names and support to the cause of the great ship. She's an incredible expression in steel and aluminum of that ability.". Inside, voices echo off yellowed walls, dead wires dangle from the ceiling, and paint comes off surfaces as if shredded by claws. His obituary in the New York Times noted: "High-ranking Navy officers have credited him with contributing more than any other individual to the success of the United States Navy in World War II.". Whether Captain Plover joined his 45 shipmates in the lifeboats or chose to remain aboard his ship was left unsaid, and since the lifeboats weren't equipped with emergency radios there was no way to determine if the crew had successfully abandoned ship. Then, shortly before noon, Captain Plover radioed that the Pennsylvania was down by the bow and having trouble with steering. The ship had departed Seattle on Saturday, January 5, en route to Yokohama, Japan, laden with grain and general cargo. At 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, January 10, 1952, a Martin PBM Mariner amphibious aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles reached the Pennsylvania's last reported position, approximately 600 miles west-northwest of the airfield. Now, moss grows in patches on the deck floor and a breeze rolls unimpeded along empty walkways, making cobwebs shudder. At the age of 10, David Macaulay immigrated to America from England in 1957 with his mother, brother, and sister aboard the SS United States -- a massive, gleaming ocean liner that had been in operation for just five years, and would remain in service only another 12. トラウト (USS Trout, SS-566) は、アメリカ海軍の潜水艦。 タング級潜水艦の1隻。艦名はマスに因む。 その名を持つ艦としてはタンバー級潜水艦5番艦(SS-202)以来2隻目。 艦歴 トラウトは1949年12月1日にコネチカット州 グロトンのエレクトリック・ボート社で起工した。 Yet her skeletal state, stripped of all cosmetic flourishes, also calls attention to her innate strength. SS Ryndam Passenger Lists All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Ryndam Available at the GG Archives. The pilot reported the weather was extremely bad and there was no sign of the vessel or lifeboats. After service in both World War II and the Korean conflict, the Luxembourg Victory was acquired by the States Steamship Company (States Line) in 1951, renamed the SS Pennsylvania, and put to work as a commercial freighter. The tourist class bar remains firmly intact and riveted to the floor, a footrest winding along its foundation and squarish holes in place where the sinks would go. Four days into the voyage, the ship encounters a storm in the North Pacific with gale-force winds, snow flurries, and heavy seas. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History. Included were two British Lancaster bombers from the Canadian Air Force base at Sandspit in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands. Third-place honors went to W9IOP, who SS Badger Mariner was one of approximately 35 cargo ships of the C4-S-1a class designed and built to provide fast support for the US military, following the retirement of World War II liberty ships . The military-grade steel throughout the liner has yielded surprisingly little to years of saltwater and salt air exposure that would have eaten away a lesser ship. 1905-11-11 SS Pennsylvania Passenger List Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin Date of Departure: 11 November 1905 Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Plymouth Commander: Captain H. Knuth At nearly 1,000 feet in length, roughly the height of the Chrysler Building, the SS United States would be the 16th tallest skyscraper in New York City if stood upright. アメリカ合衆国の核兵器 核爆弾 核爆弾は1968年まではマーク（「Mark」）番号で分類されており、それ以降は「B」番号で分類されている。 Mark 1 - "リトルボーイ" ガンバレル型のウラン爆弾、1945年8月に日本・広島への攻撃に使用された。(威力：13-16Kt, 1945年-1950年) Construction occurred in 1952 and 1953 at Sun Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., in Chester, Pennsylvania. She was one of 534 identical Victory-class merchant vessels built by the U.S. Maritime Commission to transport troops and vital military equipment overseas during World War II (1941-1945). A massive search by sea and air is launched and will continue for eight days in extremely bad weather, but no trace of the vessel or her crew will be found. 1973 Chevrolet Nova SS V8 4 Speed Manual Leather RALLY Wheels A/C Chevelle Price: US $29,995.00 Year: 1973 Mileage: 59060 Make: Chevrolet View 1985 Chevrolet Blazer K5 … 1 were taking water, but the pumps were able to handle the emergency unless the problem worsened. On Friday, January 11, 1952, the weather remained stormy with high seas, 40- to 45-mph winds, and snow flurries hindering rescue efforts. Macaulay knew none of this when he boarded the ship as a boy. "As we feel more and more alien and alienated in our own country, it's really important to be reminded what we've accomplished. He described sailing through fog, sleet, and snow, buffeted by gale-force winds and lashed by 45- to 50-foot waves. Photo taken on March 15, 2014. The floors were highly polished, always spotless. The SS United States was the crowning achievement of the age of glamorous ocean liners, and its last gasp. The master of vessel was Captain George P. Plover of Portland, Oregon, who had been a U.S. Despite the caption which appears on several of the cards below, the "White Star-Dominion Line" did not actually exist. The clubby, midcentury modern fittings and stylings, designed by ocean liner interior mavens Dorothy Marckwald and Anne Urquhart, were auctioned off in 1984. Seattle Office of Arts & CultureKing County, The Seattle Times, January 10, 1952, p. 1, USCGC Klamath (WHEC-66), near Alki Beach, Seattle, ca. The last brief radio messages received from the ship were sent at 4:27 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Not long after Gibbs passed away, his beloved flagship was taken out of service. Mel's total stemmed from 1043 exchanges in the 72 sections. For Gibbs, the enduring appeal of the SS United States is as much personal as it is historical, still with the power to inspire 68 years after her debut. That evening, the three commercial freighters, SS Shooting Star, SS Cignett III, and SS Kamikawa Maru, were released by the Coast Guard to proceed to their scheduled destinations. The ship was built with the size and stoutness to traverse the punishing conditions of the North Atlantic in January and February. The question of whether Captain Plover and the crew of the Pennsylvania safely abandoned ship before she foundered was unresolved, and the only clue encountered during the long and dangerous search was the brief sighting of one overturned and unidentifiable lifeboat. Launched in 1951, the ship was built with a secret double purpose as a troop carrier. "A lady in waiting" is how Susan Gibbs, the executive director of the. On Wednesday morning, a single Coast Guard PBM Mariner returned to assist the Klamath and Yocona in the search for the derelict, but it had disappeared. The USA is filled with long-standing fast food joints and many of them have a charming story to tell. If conditions didn't abate, the ship would need assistance. The first said: "45 persons aboard four boats." In the storm, it would take 24 hours to reach the foundering Pennsylvania. Due to its hidden military objective (though the SS United States was never ultimately employed for wartime purposes), the construction of the ship was shrouded in secrecy. Recalling the graceful lines of England's famous Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary ocean liners but filled out with American muscle, she was a wolf in sheep's clothing, a product of the postwar era's heady mix of power and pride. Meanwhile, the vessels responding to the Pennsylvania's SOS began arriving in the area to begin looking for the four drifting lifeboats. Starting in the 1970s, she was handed off from owner to owner in a series of fruitless transactions, each plan to repurpose the ship fizzling out. But his primary impressions on that five-day trip across the ocean had less to do with engineering than with space and time -- specifically, the yawning monotony of each while crossing the Atlantic by sea. batting championship was won by Ferris Fain with a .320 batting average. "I find great strength and positive emotional feeling when I walk her decks," says Gibbs. On Monday, February 4, 1952, Rear Admiral Norman H. Leslie (1898-1953), commandant of the 13th Coast Guard District, convened a marine board of investigation into the disappearance of the SS Pennsylvania. On Sunday, January 13, 1952, another bad storm moved into the North Pacific from Alaska, halting aerial operations for the entire day. 1952, Victory-class cargo vessel SS Red Oak Victory (built 1944), ca. While the Covid-19 pandemic has slowed the pace of progress, they're continuing to move forward. "Of course it's empty and dusty and with faded paint, but it is so evocative still of the grandeur and grace and beauty," says Susan Gibbs, the Conservancy's executive director. SS，SN，SM材とは？ 【管理人おすすめ！】セットで3割もお得！大好評の用語集と図解集のセット⇒ 建築構造がわかる基礎用語集＆図解集セット(※既に26人にお申込みいただきました！ Cutting ourselves off from that is a denial of history that can only hurt us.". 807s at 100 watts and a NC-101X receiver. Despite her lightweight frame, she was engineered to be practically indestructible. The American freighters SS Netherlands Victory and SS Bucyrus Victory and a Panamanian freighter, the SS Rio Mar, took their places. It’s easy to dismiss chain restaurants in favor of one-off local spots. Later in life, he would become fascinated by the architecture and inner workings of majestic structures, authoring and illustrating well-known children's books like. Mountainous waves breaking over the ship had washed the deck load of cargo overboard and ripped the tarpaulins off the forward hatch covers. A short while later, several additional military aircraft joined the hunt, expanding the area searched to 24,000 square miles. Born Oct. 22, 1952 in West Homestead, Pennsylvania "This image was also created for the monthly Q&A column that I illustrate for United's Hemispheres magazine," says … "You don't know when the next opportunity to build something that physically imposing will come along, if ever," says Macaulay. Those porthole windows are 2.5 inches of tempered glass, so secure that even a blow from a 10-pound maul won't smash them. Launched in 1951, the ship was built with a secret double purpose as a troop carrier. The hunt for Pennsylvania's crew had become the largest search-and-rescue operation conducted in the North Pacific up to that time. Photo taken on March 15, 2014. The size which so impressed Macaulay as a child remains a visceral reminder today of the hugeness of the undertaking to get from coast to coast in the days before air travel. To paraphrase a line from a fellow grande dame, Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's classic film "Sunset Boulevard," the SS United States remains big -- it's the world that got small. The ship's staying power and structural integrity are a tribute to the obsessive vision of its creator, William Francis Gibbs -- a Philadelphia native and Harvard dropout whose life's passion was to build the world's greatest ocean liner. Stern of SS United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gibbs' affection for the ship was such that every time the ship came into New York, he rushed over in a chauffeured Cadillac to meet it. Updated February 1, 2010 Enlarge Table of Contents Part 1: Introduction Part 2: 1538-1819 What NARA Has What NARA Does Not Have Special Topics Part 3: 1820-1959 Part 4: Sample Immigration Records Part 5: Available 1800-1959 Immigration Records Part 6: Where to Find these Records Part 7: For More Information Part 1: Introduction Immigration records, more popularly known … There was a kind of chemical cleanness, and an anonymity of the decks, the long passages, similar doors.". And like Desmond, a faded star of another era, she has been visited by the indignities of time. There's a poignant sense that she's currently waiting to be illuminated again.". She was laden with 5,875 tons of feed barley and 2,098 tons of general cargo for the U.S. Army, including two Army trucks and 18 trailers that were secured on deck. Other ships in the vicinity were the American freighter SS Shooting Star, 150 miles distant, the Canadian Coast Guard weather vessel Stone Town (K-531), 180 miles distant, and the Japanese freighter Kamikawa Maru, 215 miles away. Gibbs was so insistent that she avoid the fate of the Titanic that he used a double bottom extending up along the sides of her hull and included a dual engine room in case the primary one failed. Passenger Lists from 1881-1910 available from the GG Archives from the Port of Hamburg, Germany. A rendering of what the ship could look like if redeveloped. Commander Ross P. Bullard (1914-1978), captain of the Klamath, described the weather conditions as the worst he had encountered in his entire career at sea. The SS United States engenders a passion that has kept her afloat and out of the hands of scrappers. The SS United States held -- and, incredibly, still holds today -- the fastest transatlantic speed record for a liner, and possessed a secret double identity. Paolina was last heard from by radio at about 7:00 P.M. on 12 February 1952. 総トン数53,329トンの巨大な 旅客船 で、 1952年 の処女 航海 で ブルーリボン賞 を受賞したことにより、ユナイテッド・ステーツ・ラインの フラッグシップ をつとめることとなった。. The unions were the Master, Mates and Pilots Association; Sailors Union of the Pacific; Marine Cooks and Stewards; Marine Firemen's Union; the American Radio Association; and the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. There's a perfect beach for every week of the year. At 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 17, 1952, officer in charge of the air-sea rescue mission, Commander Albert E. Harned (1911-1993) of the 13th Coast Guard District in Seattle, officially ended the search for the Pennsylvania and her crew. 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