{"id":8243244695833,"title":"Various: pre-war - \"The Shipping Board's 'Agency Ships', Part 1: The 'Sub Boats'\"","handle":"various-pre-war-the-shipping-boards-agency-ships-part-1-the-sub-boats","description":"Ship History: \"The Shipping Board's 'Agency Ships', Part 1: The 'Sub Boats'\" by Mark Goldberg, Volume 4 of the American Merchant Marine History Series, printed 1994, softbound w\/ 400 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Mark Goldberg was a passionate chronicler of ship history. Here he delved into the 5,500 ton freighters built during WW1 by the Submarine Boat Corporation at the United States Shipping Board's Newark Bay Shipyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first ship, named AGAWAM, almost sank at the fitting out basin. But once the kinks were worked out, the shipyard went on the manufacture 150 of the small freighters. They proved to be workhorses around the globe and were operated by famous lines such as Matson, Dollar, Nelson, and Delta. The last Sub Boat finally retired in 1970 in the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent condition - new old stock.","published_at":"2023-04-24T16:37:08-04:00","created_at":"2023-04-24T16:37:08-04:00","vendor":"N","type":"- Books","tags":["- Books","A to Z: 100s of Ships","Delta Line","Dollar Steamship Lines","Matson Lines"],"price":1850,"price_min":1850,"price_max":1850,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45061813141785,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"13070","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Various: pre-war - \"The Shipping Board's 'Agency Ships', Part 1: The 'Sub Boats'\"","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1850,"weight":794,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":24,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/13070.jpg?v=1682368630"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/13070.jpg?v=1682368630","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":33514004971801,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.645,"height":2189,"width":1412,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/13070.jpg?v=1682368630"},"aspect_ratio":0.645,"height":2189,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/13070.jpg?v=1682368630","width":1412}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"Ship History: \"The Shipping Board's 'Agency Ships', Part 1: The 'Sub Boats'\" by Mark Goldberg, Volume 4 of the American Merchant Marine History Series, printed 1994, softbound w\/ 400 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Mark Goldberg was a passionate chronicler of ship history. Here he delved into the 5,500 ton freighters built during WW1 by the Submarine Boat Corporation at the United States Shipping Board's Newark Bay Shipyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first ship, named AGAWAM, almost sank at the fitting out basin. But once the kinks were worked out, the shipyard went on the manufacture 150 of the small freighters. They proved to be workhorses around the globe and were operated by famous lines such as Matson, Dollar, Nelson, and Delta. The last Sub Boat finally retired in 1970 in the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent condition - new old stock."}