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The one time pride of the American Merchant fleet will probably be sold out of country to those whom don't care about her blood line and history. What a shame; for even today, all these years after she made her maiden voyage, she is a beautiful ship and truly a work of maritime art.
I pity the Philistines whom in recent years said that she was too old to be operating and was not a good ship to go on. I found more joy riding her last February than I ever have on any of the new mega liners that I have been on. She was well maintained, the rooms clean and spacious, the food and service excellent, and a hardworking American crew that was imbued with "The Aloha Spirit" made my week aboard most memorable.
I will miss her and be a bit disconcerted that once again there will be no, atleast for the time being, large passenger ships at sea flying the stars and stripes.No more will that deep steam horn of the INDY bellow over the blue waters of Hawaii as it did in New York, Europe and Asia years ago.
Another bit of romance will leave us, and not for the better. I pray that many others, like myself, will treasure any time that they spent aboard the INDY or her sister CONNIE and long remember, for a week of our over-burdened lives, life truly was grand.
We remember having the big cabin (cabin 3) under the bridge. We like to keep our curtains open so that we can look out the porthole. One night, we got a call from the bridge asking us to shut the curtains. They could not see where they were going.
The ship is old (unfortunately), and it would cost too much with retrofits.
I hope she doesn't meet the same fate as the Constitution.
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