S.S. United States
- ISBN-10
- 1563118246
- ISBN-13
- 9781563118241
- Category
- Ocean liners
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Turner Publishing Company
- Authors
- Robert Hudson Westover, Frank Braynard
Description
Originally published: The big ship: the story of the S.S. United States. Newport News, Va.: Mariners' Museum, 1981.
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