SS Stevens
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SS Stevens, a 473-foot, 14,893-ton ship, served as a floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for about 150 students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
SS Stevens at Stevens Institute of Technology, Eighth Street Pier, Hoboken, NJ c. 1970
SS Stevens (lower left) docked on the Hudson River, across from New York City, being passed by RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1968. See Gallery for more photos.
Permanently moored in place, Stevens was accessible via the main gangplank (center), or lower gangplank (far left).
Deck Plan — click for larger image
Texas Clipper
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USTS Texas Clipper, a 473 foot long ship, served as a merchant marine training vessel with the Texas Maritime Academy at Texas A&M University at Galveston for 30 years beginning in 1965. Her name is r
SS Stevens
…Day, commemorating the beginning of trans-Atlantic steam navigation. When the first ocean-going training vessel for the Texas State Maritime Program, USTS Texas Clipper was in need of spare parts, Stevens, with the blessing of the U.S. Maritime Administration, answered her call. As a benefit of their common heritage…
Texas Clipper, Texas A&M Maritime Academy, ca. June 1968