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April 2, 1990

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a reporter at large

II-LOOKING FOR A SHIP

John McPhee

REPORTER AT LARGE about the U.S. Merchant Marine. Writer accompanied second nato George Anderson Chase on the S.S. Stella Lykes on a voyage to the West …