Eight Ocean Liners are lined up at piers in the New York Harbour , shortly before six of them left port in less than three hours to set a new record for passenger departures from New York . 8 029 passengers left . The liners are (front to rear) Vulcania , Constitution , America , United States , Olympia , Queen Elizabeth , Brittanic and Ocean Monarch . The Maasdam sailed from Hoboken , New Jersey at the same time . 13 July 1958