Sea Cloud. Built under the Gibbs & Cox brand, it was designed by the naval architect Philip L. Rhodes. The yacht was originally christened as Hussar V in April 1931 in Kiel, Germany during the dephts of the Great Depression, and was a commision of financier E. F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post. Years later, and after their divorce, Mr. Hutton transferred the ship to his ex wife and it was registered under the new name, Sea Cloud. In the subsequent years the ship served as floating American embassy in the Soviet Union, and in 1942 was chartered to the US Navy. At the end of the war the ship returned to her original owner, and was restored to her original condition. In 1955 Marjorie Merriweather decided to put the ship up for sale. Since then the Sea Cloud has passed through several owners, each time christened with various names until 1978 when she was converted in a small luxury cruise ship and was again renamed Sea Cloud.
This great night photo of the ship was recently taken in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, just in the same place where the SS United States was docked on her visit to the Spanish island on December 31, 1968.