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3Hotdogs

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2. I remember seeing it years ago. I'm surprised it is still intact.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 3, 2023, 06:25 AM

Jul 2023

My friends sailed on it from NYC to U.K. Ken was going for a master's degree in Glascow.

Their memory of the trip was, nothing to do but eat, eat, hump, eat, eat, eat and hump some more. Four days of that. --- doesn't seem too bad.

If that was boring, imagine a trip on the Mayflower.

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On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

I remember when the ship was towed up to Philadelphia to mothball Walleye Jul 2023 #1

I remember seeing it years ago. I'm surprised it is still intact. 3Hotdogs Jul 2023 #2

I almost beat it with my birth date. Missed it by just that much. ;) Chainfire Jul 2023 #3