Tales of the Sea Cloud
Luxury Yacht, Integrated Naval Vessel, Legendary Ship
Seiten
2022
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62349-934-1 (ISBN)
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62349-934-1 (ISBN)
Takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its postwar ownership by Rafael Trujillo, to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama, its near-disastrous physical deterioration and restoration, and on to the present day as a luxury charter sailing yacht.
The Hussar V was launched in the early 1930s, first built for Marjorie Merriweather Post, owner of General Foods and heir to the Post Cereals fortune. By 1935, when Post married Joseph Davies, US ambassador to the Soviet Union, the ship was renamed Sea Cloud, the name it holds to this day. Soon after the nation entered World War II, the ship was pressed into service as a United States Coast Guard Cutter weather ship under the command of Lt. Carlton Skinner.Tales of the Sea Cloud tells the story of a luxury yacht that became a remarkable wartime experiment in racial integration. After having witnessed an African American sailor save the crew of another ship, only to be denied a promotion because of the limits of segregation, Skinner proposed to the Secretary of the Navy a plan to sail with a fully integrated crew. Ultimately, fifty black sailors, including two officers, were stationed on the Sea Cloud. Skinner's experiment demonstrated that an integrated crew could work just as, or even more, efficiently as a segregated one and set an important precedent for later civil rights reforms.
Author Ken W. Sayers takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its post-war ownership by Rafael Trujillo - soon-to-be assassinated dictator of the Dominican Republic - to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama, its near-disastrous physical deterioration and restoration, and on to the present day as a luxury charter sailing yacht. Readers will be captivated by the rich history of this historic vessel.
The Hussar V was launched in the early 1930s, first built for Marjorie Merriweather Post, owner of General Foods and heir to the Post Cereals fortune. By 1935, when Post married Joseph Davies, US ambassador to the Soviet Union, the ship was renamed Sea Cloud, the name it holds to this day. Soon after the nation entered World War II, the ship was pressed into service as a United States Coast Guard Cutter weather ship under the command of Lt. Carlton Skinner.Tales of the Sea Cloud tells the story of a luxury yacht that became a remarkable wartime experiment in racial integration. After having witnessed an African American sailor save the crew of another ship, only to be denied a promotion because of the limits of segregation, Skinner proposed to the Secretary of the Navy a plan to sail with a fully integrated crew. Ultimately, fifty black sailors, including two officers, were stationed on the Sea Cloud. Skinner's experiment demonstrated that an integrated crew could work just as, or even more, efficiently as a segregated one and set an important precedent for later civil rights reforms.
Author Ken W. Sayers takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its post-war ownership by Rafael Trujillo - soon-to-be assassinated dictator of the Dominican Republic - to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama, its near-disastrous physical deterioration and restoration, and on to the present day as a luxury charter sailing yacht. Readers will be captivated by the rich history of this historic vessel.
Ken W. Sayers is the author of Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels, coauthor of It Was a Very Good Year: A Cultural History of the United States from 1776 to the Present, and Anchors and Atoms: The United States Navy Today. During a thirty-year career with IBM, Sayers was a senior executive speech writer, corporate spokesperson, and the managing editor of www.ibm.com/history. He resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.10.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 66 black & white photos |
| Verlagsort | College Station |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62349-934-8 / 1623499348 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62349-934-1 / 9781623499341 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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