OTR GANG USS GOLD STAR

The world in 1948 was awash in a sea of scrap metal left over from World War II, and to shipbreakers cutting up the old USS Gold Star she was just another piece of leaky iron mongerywhich had outlived its usefulness. Even when launched in 1919, she was nearly obsolete: herold-fashioned coal-fired boilers and triple expansion engine could hardly push the ungraceful491-foot freighter faster than 11 knots. Still, for three decades USS Gold Star dutifully deliveredgeneral cargo for the Navy and beca...