The grand ballroom of the New York Yacht Club was packed with international admirals, naval architects, and maritime historians for the annual induction ceremony of the National Maritime Hall of Fame. On the gilded stage, the President of the Maritime Historical Society stood beside a bronze bust of Elena Cross. "Ladies and gentlemen," the Society President announced, his voice echoing through the historic hall. "In the one-hundred-and-fifty-year history of this…
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