.. 7/27 - Harpers and Reads boarded S. S. Limon at 2:30p.m. Departure delayed 7/28 - 7/29 . 7/30 :;. 7/31 from 3 to 4:30p.m. S. S. Limon is a part of United Fruit's "Great White Fleet," a refrigerated banana freighter, and holds 75- 80,000 stems at 55°. Boat has length of 450 feet; cost nearly $10,000,000; twin screws; Oregon pine decked; only six staterooms for passengers; cruises at about 17 knots southbound, faster northbound. Southbound freight is a secondary consideratio...
