shen reminisces:

-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 -

Bilge- Most likely a T-2 tanker. Steam turbine to dc electric final drive,
IIRC.

They monkeyed with them in every conceivable way...like a jeep abandoned in
Manila.

In fact, I think the SS Marine Electric was a converted T-2...I only bring it
up because I'm docked next to the coal pier she left from on her last voyage.


-for US ships (which normally have worse than average accomodations .....
kinda like living in an institution).-shen

Bilge-Tell me about it, why d'you think I'm on a Danish-built bottom? Earlier
this year I was sailing on the SS Horizon Hawaii, a C-6 class container ship,
(circa 1973), and my cabin was as wide as my bunk was long, add a foot fore 'n
aft....ridiculously bad living conditions on US ships, compared to "quality"
foreign built...the legacy of the SS Morro Castle.

Cheers;


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