The Troopships and Passenger Liners from a (Admiral C.F. Hughes) to Z (United States)

by Walter W. Jaffee and Capt. Walter W. Jaffee

This book is about all the P-type troopships and passenger liners ? the twin-stack Admiral class built in Alameda, California, and the twin-stack General class built in Kearny, New Jersey. Also included are the passenger liners built by the Maritime Commission and the Maritime Administration. It begins with the U.S. emergency shipbuilding program which started in the 1930s and the evolution of transporting troops and passengers by sea. Every P-type...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889901563
• ISBN13: 9781889901565
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Glencannon Press
• Length: 242 Pages