Monday, February 25, 2008

(OCEANIC) INDEPENDENCE of 1951

As INDEPENDENCE of 1951 she was one of the most beautiful American liners ever built. The last time I was able to photograph her in 1975 while transporting Portuguese refugees from the Angola war between Walvis Bay and Lisbon she was the Atlantic Far East Lines OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE. She later returned to US service in the Hawaii and sailed San Francisco recently under tow on a final voyage across the Pacific. To see recent superb images of her from an unknown photographer, click here...
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