During her seventeen years of Transatlantic service the S.S. UNITED STATES carried many notable passengers - Royalty, Presidents, celebrities and titans of industry - but none more important than the lady with the smile - Mona Lisa. The painting was on loan from the Louvre and appeared in museums in Washington, D.C. and New York City. In March 1963 it was time to go home and she sailed from New York to LeHavre in a first class cabin with bodyguards. Nat Cole sang about her charms. A correspondent was quoted as saying that many women leave Paris for New York and never return but this one had a round trip ticket.
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