S.S. UNITED STATES The Turkish Years 1992-1996: What Might Have Been By Shawn J. Dake A little known chapter in the history of America’s flagship the s.s. UNITED STATES is contained within those lost years the ship spent in Turkey and the Ukraine between her final two crossings of the…
By Gordon R. Ghareeb The morning fog clung to the surface of lower New York Bay. The sound of distant foghorns, seagulls cawing overhead, and buoy bells clanging in the damp air broke the silence. Slowly standing upriver from the Verrazano Narrows came the great white liner. As her apparition…
Peter Knego makes a quick visit to the critically endangered cruiser, the USS OLYMPIA, the oldest surviving steel-hulled warship in the U.S. and the only remaining ship to have served in the Spanish-American War. Friends of the Cruiser OLYMPIA Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking…
Extracts from Chapter Two: October 2, 1922 Hollywood to Honolulu: the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company (a book) by Gordon Ghareeb and Martin Cox Marking the 90th anniversary of the start of the first regular passenger and freight service from Los Angeles – Honolulu, I have serialized some…
Extracts from Chapter Two: September 25-30, 1922 Hollywood to Honolulu: the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company (a book) by Gordon Ghareeb and Martin Cox Marking the 90th anniversary of the start of the first regular passenger and freight service from Los Angeles – Honolulu, I have serialized some…
MaritimeMatters is delighted to share an exclusive report from Maurizio Eliseo, our maritime associate in Trieste, Italy… Few people may know that the old port of Trieste, Italy, still has many treasures to be discovered. Recently, the restoration and the opening of the Hydrodynamic Central of 1891 has been successfully…
Classic International Cruises Faces Uncertain Future By Shawn J. Dake Classic International Cruises which counts five vintage passenger ships within it’s fleet, all built between 1948 and 1965, is navigating some seriously rough waters. Three of the five vessels have been arrested for debts, and future operations may be in…
SS CITY OF HONOLULU ready to undertake her first trip on the new LASSCO service to Hawaii. Extracts from Chapter Two: September 23, 1922 Hollywood to Honolulu: the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company (a book) by Gordon Ghareeb and Martin Cox Marking the 90th anniversary of the start…
GLACIER Recedes Into History By Shawn J. Dake One of the most significant ships in U.S. history has gone to the breakers. The USS GLACIER (AGB-4) was designed by William Francis Gibbs firm of Gibbs & Cox just a year after work was completed on the SS UNITED STATES. The…
Extracts from Chapter Two: September 18, 1922 Hollywood to Honolulu: the story of the Los Angeles Steamship Company (a book) by Gordon Ghareeb and Martin Cox Marking the 90th anniversary of the start of the first regular passenger and freight service from Los Angeles – Honolulu, I have serialized some…
