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Saturday, June 21, 2014

My Dads Cadillac & The SS UNITED STATES







1959 CADILLAC ELDORADO

Owned by David Warren Zwicke





Ny Dads Ship




The SS UNITED STATES










The SS UNITED STATES holds the Blue Riband for a passenger liner ship that crosses
The Atlantic Ocean in Record Speed. The SS United States broke the previous record held by Cunard Lines Queen Mary. The United States broke this record on July 3, 1952 on her Maiden Voyage of which my father (David Warren Zwicke) was a part of. The United States made the maiden voyage passing Ambrose Light at New York harbor to Bishop Rock off Cornwall, England in 3 Days 10 hours and 40 minutes at an average speed of 34.59 Knots or 40.96 Miles Per Hour. The SS United States still holds The Bule Riband and record to this day (June 21, 2014) and it likes like the record might never be broken and the Blue Rimand stays in the hands of this great AMerican ship which has been docked on the Delaware River on Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1986 ...





The SS UNITED STATES 
in
NEW YORK HARBOR
United States Lines