| PORT EVERGLADES, Florida 2nd Fleet Replenishment Ships USS Truckee AO-147 made port here in March 1971 While here all hands had liberty call for a long weekend in Fort Lauderdale. per current records on hand In
1932, one of the port's
strongest advantages was its open storage space. Targeting bulk
commodities
such as petroleum products, lumber, cement and scrap metal. In the
1940s, Port
Everglades burgeoned as a military operation and by the 1950s it was
already a
port of call for various around-the-world cruise itineraries.
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It
was at
this time that the Fort Lauderdale Rotary Club began a tradition of
greeting
ships and serving Florida
orange juice to passengers -- a tradition that would continue for
two decades. In
1958, full harbor tugboat service began, with a new port charter
created the
following year by the Florida Legislature reflecting the seaport's
growth. The
1960s Petroleum products reigned as the port's predominant commodity
and the
storage tank farm kept growing. In 1965, the Broward County Port
Authority was
renamed the Port Everglades Authority. And, in 1967, 300 acres were
bought for
development of what would become the thriving Southport
cargo terminal several
decades later. |
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