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It is relatively easy shipping cars in and out of three of those states regardless of the distance. The ferry was designated a Coastal Freighter and Passenger Vessel FS and assigned the Army number FS-99.

Catalina was designed as a twin-screw steel steamer for daylight operation with a glass-enclosed, except for open areas forward and aft, saloon deck with a ballroom with a promenade deck exclusively for passengers. In November 1940 — overruling an effort by Gov.

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SS Catalina, also known as The Great White Steamer, was a 301-foot built in 1924 that provided passenger service on the 26-mile passage between and from 1924 to 1975. According to the , Catalina has carried more passengers than any other vessel anywhere. From August 25, 1942 until April 22, 1946 the ship served as the Army troop ferry U. Army FS-99 at the transporting more than 800,000 troops and other military personnel between embarkation camps and the departure piers. After a period of service as a floating discothèque, the ship ran aground on a sandbar in Harbor in 1997 and partially sank on the spot. It was scrapped in 2009. The ship was to join the steamers , and Hermosa already serving the island and designed to make the trip from Los Angeles Harbor to Avalon of 25. Catalina was designed as a twin-screw steel steamer for daylight operation with a glass-enclosed, except for open areas forward and aft, saloon deck with a ballroom with a promenade deck exclusively for passengers. There were ten staterooms on the main deck and four staterooms plus an owners suite on the promenade deck. The ship was 301 feet 7. The hull was double bottomed with tanks for fuel and water ballast with six transverse watertight bulkheads extending to the main deck. A unique feature of the ship was the arrangement of the lifeboats which were stowed on the main deck in order to provide best arrangement for the passenger decks above and quick and efficient launching. Propulsion was by two with cylinders of 20. Two 40 kilowatt generators provided electrical power. Keel laying for Catalina was on December 26, 1923, with launching on May 3, 1924 with company and Los Angeles city officials present and delivery on July 1, 1924. Avalon harbor on Catalina Island Between 1924 and 1975, Catalina carried about 25 million passengers between Los Angeles and. According to the Steamship Historical Society of America, Catalina has carried more passengers than any other vessel anywhere. Among its famous passengers were Presidents and , actor and many of the great musicians of the Big Band era. On the upper deck people danced to swinging big bands. Magicians and clowns entertained passengers. On the lower deck youngsters played hide and seek among the lifeboats, and couples found hidden spots where they could be alone. Residents fondly remember the rituals with which the ship was greeted as it approached the island: Speedboats would circle the ship, water skiers slicing through its giant wake. Closer to shore, children swam out to dive for coins passengers tossed into the bay. People in Avalon gathered to sing as passengers stepped off the ship that docked near the center of town. The song reached the 2 position on the U. In 1960, fed up with all of the excessive taxation and union pressure, Phillip K. Wrigley sold the ship to a group of investors, known as M. President, Charlie Stillwell, and Vice President, Vern Maynard who was also President of Channel Concessions, ran the ship, as well as managed the Casino Ballroom during the early to mid-1960s. On August 25, 1942 Catalina was delivered to the WSA and placed under to the on the same date. The ferry was designated a Coastal Freighter and Passenger Vessel FS and assigned the Army number FS-99. US Army FS-99 was used to transport troops from embarkation camps to the ocean transports throughout the. The ship's troop capacity was 2,500 with a civilian crew of 39 officers and men. As the Army began equipping its large ocean transports with new radar in 1946 an obsolete set was installed aboard FS-99 and adjusted to detect nearby objects for tests in use under harbor conditions. Tests were successful with the ship's master, Howard J. The ship's last week, before being declared surplus to the port and Army's needs, was her busiest with 12,764 Army personnel transported. The ship had been the last contact troops had with continental transportation before boarding ocean transports and shipping overseas and was now the first for those returning from the Pacific. On her last run, during which she was turned over to WSA with her Army service master, former Sacramento river pilot Captain Howard J. King, turning her over to her peacetime master, Captain E. The ship was returned to civilian service on April 22, 1946. FS-99 transported more military personnel than any other military transport with a total of about 820,000 troops transported within the San Francisco Bay area. By the early 1970s, smaller, faster vessels made it difficult for Catalina to compete for passenger traffic, and she was retired from passenger service in 1975. He bought the ship as a Valentine's Day gift for his wife and the steamship was moved for several years between Newport Beach, San Diego, Santa Monica Bay and Long Beach. At one point, there was a proposal for Catalina to ferry tourists up the , but her 21 feet of draft was too deep for the river. In late 1997 Catalina escaped her moorings and grounded on a sandbar in Ensenada Harbor. Since then, Catalina remained half-submerged and stuck in the mud in the harbor. After years of neglect, Catalina was badly decayed and rusted and had been stripped by looters and vandals. Catalina was recognized as a LAHCM 213 by the city's Cultural Heritage Commission, and was a. She was listed on the in 1976. Preservationists had sought since the late 1990s to raise funds to return Catalina to Los Angeles for restoration. Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources. Retrieved 14 June 2015. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015. Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved February 16, 2015. US Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II. Retrieved 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015. City of Los Angeles. Retrieved June 14, 2015.

Meanwhile, James Cassidey and his for operated a shipyard and outfitting station across the Cape Fear on the riverfront between Nun and Church streetsturning out the ironclad CSS Raleigh in 1863. City of Los Angeles. In September of 2012 Alasdair McCulloch was invited to photograph a luxury yacht, the Quo Vadis, at the end of its north voyage from Cape Town to Bazaruto. Ferguson was named chairman of the board of the new N. In all, 126 Liberty ships were built between 1941 and 1943 at the N. Upstate New York has far more in common with New England, a mixed bag when it idea to vehicle shipping. SS Catalina, also known as The Great Santa carolina ship Steamer, was a 301-foot built in 1924 that provided passenger service on the 26-mile passage between and from 1924 to 1975. The Mayaguez was scrapped in 1979. At its height, N.

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