Reflagging The Patriot.(United States Lines cruise ship launched)

Cruise Travel | June 1, 2001| | Copyright

For the first time in 42 years, the Stars & Stripes is raised anew on a passenger ship

Slipping quietly past two foreign-flagged cruise ships on the eve of her maiden voyage, United States Lines' MS Patriot slowly sailed out of Los Angeles harbor. Our American crew, ondeck to watch the city lights fade astern, gazed at the Panama-registered ships and their embarking passengers. In a spontaneous moment of both unity and pride, the crew (including myself) began serenading them in a heartfelt, if not perfectly in-key, rendition of America The Beautiful. For the first time in ...

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