Making America Great Again: the Golden Era of US Ocean Liners ....

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Remember when the only way to cross the great Atlantic (or Pacific) oceans on this “water planet” was on … “a great ship?”
Of course you don’t — if you’re of any recent generation.
But, some of our listeners DO … so, this program is dedicated to YOU (and those of you who DON’T “remember,” you’re in for a rare treat …).
These were the days of the great ocean liners — and great ocean liner rivalries — that, along with other amazing technological advances of the last mid-century–
“Made America Great.”
My guest tonight, maritime historian Larry Driscoll, actually sailed aboard the “greatest … and fastest … of these ships” — a veritable “superliner” — the famed S.S. United States.
Larry, who demonstrably loves these ships as much as I do, promises an unforgettable evening for us all … as we explore how the United States of America, almost casually, created after World War II, “the greatest ship in the world” — before the era of “great ocean liners” came to its inevitable end ….
 
Join us ….
 
Richard C. Hoagland