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FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.
In this edition, from the May 1975 issue of American Shipper, FreightWaves revisits a detailed account of an experiment on the seas.
The cushioned ride of a skewed propeller
First American O/B/O ships used to...