Comments on: Brokeback PLATINUM

By: mark

mark — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:42:02 +0000

Peter Mahalo if you have 1 to trade. I had 1 but at an airport security check point my INDEPENDENCE and CONSTITUTION key rings were taken Mark

By: Peter Knego

Peter Knego — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:57:32 +0000

Andy, as per earlier post, the last time I was in Alang was March of 2010. INDY has since been broken up, I am told and only a handful of ruined furnishings were recovered from the site. Nothing from the machinery spaces.

By: Peter Knego

Peter Knego — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:54:38 +0000

Hi Mark,

I’m away from home for a few days but I do think I may have a spare INDY key chain. Need to dig a bit…

By: mark

mark — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:57:02 +0000

Peter do you have any room key rings i will trade a AHC CONSTITUTION for a AHC INDEPENDENCE

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:06:02 +0000

Peter,

When was the last time you were in Alang? I was an engineer on the Indy and would love to get name plates off the main engines, boilers, generators or anything from the engine room. We used to have a fire extinguisher with the bottom cut out hanging in the fireroom to act as a big gong. The fireman would hit it with a hammer if he needed to get the watch engineer’s attention.

By: max

max — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:19:44 +0000

Such a pity that the ship was broken in two. I wanted to see the entire ship beached in one piece. Controversy is the way of teh world when it comes to toxic ships. Although, I doubt that the SS Indy will be the last.

By: Kenneth Eden

Kenneth Eden — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:40:07 +0000

post script:

Thank you grakenverb for sharing your videos on you tube of the two freat ships, Constitution and Independence.

By: Kenneth Eden

Kenneth Eden — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:05:51 +0000

There is a Hollywood movie that showcases the exterior of the SS Constitution, sister ship to SS Independence. The movie made in the 1950′s, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, entitled, An Affair to Remember. The actual interior shots may well have been on a set, and the scenery at Velle Franche are most obviously a set. The ship at sea is the real deal, and preserved beautifully.

This beloved tear jerker movie is important to the preservation of ship travel in the past, mainly mid-century, and American. The plot and story line as timeless as the sea itself..

The often carped “ships photographer” has a small yet major role in this movie, and whether set of for real, what ships pierage and terminals were like in the past, quite differnt from todays state of the art terminals. The formality and the pretense of luxuries at sea now a memory for some, are gloriously preserved in this movie.

So, Net Flix it, find it on your cable supplier, buy it on Amazon or your favorite film provider, grab a box of tissues, and enjoy.

By: Peter Knego

Peter Knego — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:23:36 +0000

She has since been cut down. Not sure if all of the ship was removed or if parts are left underwater. Some waterlogged furnishing was put up for sale at the traders’ — only more recent things from what I could see and nothing worth my trying to salvage, unfortunately.

By: grakenverb

grakenverb — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:33:03 +0000

I have posted some videos of the SS Independence and the SS Constitution on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGrakenverb?feature=mhum