The cruise lasted from January 4, 1949 - May 22, 1949.
These short cruises, concentrating on gunnery and underway training, lasted through February 1979.
Sponsors said the cruise, open to students only, will last five hours and cost $10 a person.
A typical cruise lasts about one hour.
That cruise, which took her to Bermuda waters, lasted for the entire month.
Those cruises lasted into 1813 after America's entry into war against Britain.
The cruise lasted 90 days, so was very long and dragged on to the end of August.
My cruise in the salmon boat lasted a week, and I returned ready to enter the university.
Smart money said the cruise would last at least six months ... and eight or nine was far more likely.