Death of the Coolidge

First she was a Dollar luxury liner, helping to carry depression-frustrated millionaires around the world when they wanted to forget it all. As a President liner in 1940 and 1941, she hauled U.S. citizens out of Yokohama and other Oriental hot spots. Before her death in the service of her country, announced last week, the U.S. Army transport President Coolidge had probably carried more tens of thousands of soldiers to Pacific ports than any other vessel. The Navy announced only that she had hit a mine and sunk. Since there were only four casualties out of 4,000 troops aboard, it seemed likely that the Coolidge had struck a mine near a friendly shore.