On page 262:
"August 15, 1947, I boarded the boat Marine Shark, and after thirteen days, with apprehension I held the welcoming Statue of Liberty. Since we arrived in late afternoon, we had to stay in the boat overnight."
I have been trying to find a pic of the ship, but the best I can do is to find one of it's sister ships. Which isnt 100% accurate.
http://drawings.usmaritimecommission.de/drawing/c4_s_a3_marine_lynx_kl.jpg
The configurations are slightly different for each ship, but this will give you an idea of the vessel. It was a C4 Cargo Ship and the design designation is a C4-S-A3 and it was built by the Kaiser Corp in 1945.
http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/wwii/c4cargoships.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_C4_class_ship#Marine_series
http://yohidevils.net/misc/ships/shark.htm
http://www.usmm.org/c4ships.html
http://www.histarmar.com.ar/MarinaMercanteExtr/UnitedFruit/ListadosFlotas/Ship%20Descriptions%20-%20M.htm
thanks for this now i can make the ship historically accurate.
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