The Stately President Liners

Goldberg, Mark H.: 1996 The American Merchant Marine Museum New York, softcover 646 pages, with photo's. History of the seven sisterships Government owned passenger liners. The so called president liners. The book surveys American President Lines’ “President” steamers of the interwar era, combining design histories, corporate context, and operational narratives to document how these liners embodied U.S. merchant marine ambitions between World War I and World War II. Through extensive archival detail and period anecdotes, it traces individual ship careers, technical classes (such as the “502s”), and dramatic episodes that foreshadowed their wartime roles and postwar legacies. ISBN 9781879180116 In very good condition