YAQUE Class: 1947 - Final Yankees Shaw-Savill The ship departed New York

The ship departed New York on January 7 and returned on May 29

For a short time the DE GRASSE became France's largest passenger liner and the first CGT ship to reenter North Atlantic service

Ellerman City & Hall Lines - The sad irony of it all

Children's Playroom and a cabin

and C decks

YAQUE Class: 1947 - Final Yankees Shaw-Savill The ship departed New YorkUnited Fruit Company: A deck plan of the YAQUE Class of combo freighters built immediately after WW2. The plan itself is reminiscent of the great pre WW2 designs printed on thin tissue, opening to a large size (18" by 24"), nicely illustrated, and showing plans large enough that you can easily imagine yourself strolling the decks. Mark Goldberg, in his history of American fruit ships "Going Bananas", describes the class as "beautiful white ships with