I sailed to Europe on her in 1968.
We sailed to the UK in 1969 on the United States. Back in the day, active duty military and DOD civilians could travel on these ships. On our sailing, there were several Army families aboard. The had been on board MATS aircraft ready to leave for Rhein-Main when they were taken off the plane at McGuire and taken by bus to the ternmnal in NYC. Some of them weren’t very happy. Lower ranking folks couldn’t travel in the summer as that’s when all the brass traveled. Earlier that year, we sailed from Yokohama on the SS President Wilson. Travel was not charged to annual leave; members received per diem and funds were provided for tips. The only thing we had to pay for was the booze.