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020			_a9781603444279 (hbk)
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100	1		_aCurley, Stephen
245	1	4	_aThe ship that would not die : _bUSS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper / _cby Stephen J. Curley; afterword by J. Dale Shively.
260			_aCollege Station : _bTexas A & M University Press, _c2011.
300			_axv, 235 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c26 cm.
440		0	_aCentennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University _vno. 117
504			_aIncludes appendix (p.199-205), bibliography (p.211-217), and index (p.219-235)
505	0		_aUSS Queens, 1944-1946, an attack transport : serving in the Pacific War and its aftermath -- SS Excambion, 1948-1959, a cargo-passenger liner : plying the Mediterranean trade for the American flag fleet -- USTS Texas Clipper, 1965-1996, a floating classroom : teaching merchant marine cadets -- Afterword: Navigating a sinking ship, 1996-2007 : from bureaucracy to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico / J. Dale Shively -- Appendix : Queens/Excambion/Texas Clipper timeline
520			_aFilled not only with meticulously researched technical and historical data about the ship's construction, service record, crew procedures, and voyages, "The Ship That Would Not Die "also features lively anecdotes from crew members, passengers, and officers
650	1	4	_aQueens (Ship) _xHistory
650	1	4	_aExcambion (Ship) _xHistory
650	1	4	_aTexas Clipper (Ship) _xHistory
700	1		_aShively, J. Dale _4aft
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