My mom and I crossed the Pacific six times in the 1950s-1961 on Military Sea Transportation Service ships. Army troops on the bow and fan tail and military dependents in tiny staterooms stacked five deep in the mid section.
Two weeks at sea from Seattle to Yokohama. MSTS was slow but we had movies every afternoon in the day room and after dark, outdoors on the fan tail for the troops.
MSTS was the Army’s navy.
That must have been fun;)
I seem to remember that certain Merchant ships also had passenger cabins available to the public that were less expensive than trans-Atlantic passenger ships such as SS America and the QE1 - in the 50’s & 60’s they were cheaper than flying.
That must have been fun;)
I seem to remember that certain Merchant ships also had passenger cabins available to the public that were less expensive than trans-Atlantic passenger ships such as SS America and the QE1 - in the 50’s & 60’s they were cheaper than flying.