From Greene To Great The Great American Steamboat Company carries on a steamboat legacy with the reintroduction of the AMERICAN QUEEN By Shawn J. Dake The return of the AMERICAN QUEEN is more important than being just another travel option in the cruise industry. While European River Cruising continues to…
As workers demolish the 1940-built PACIFIC STAR (ex DEL ORLEANS, USS CRESCENT CITY, GOLDEN BEAR, ARTSHIP) at the ESCO Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, Oakland, California-based Charles Jennings has launched a noble campaign to save the tip of the bow of this extremely historic ship but needs help from the likes…
M.V. SAN DIEGO 1931 – 2012 Scrapped in Northern California By Shawn J. Dake A historic ferry that was a fixture in Southern California for many years is no more. The diesel-electric powered m.v. SAN DIEGO was scrapped in the Northern California city of Alameda, not far from where she…
S.S. LANE VICTORY On The Move By Shawn J. Dake After two decades in residence at Berth 94 in Los Angeles Harbor, the World War II vintage steamship LANE VICTORY has moved to a new location within the port. On February 6, 2012, at 9:37am, with the aid of tugs,…
The Great Lakes Steamship Society was founded in 2010 with the key goal of preserving the J.B. FORD, originally the 1904-vintage iron ore bulk carrier E.F. HOLMES commissioned for the Commonwealth Shipping Company. She was built by American Shipbuilding Company in Lorain, Ohio, measured 440 by 50 feet and was…
Britain’s Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of just under £1 million to the SS ROBIN, which will allow the ship to re-open to the public. Floating above the water on a purpose-built pontoon, SS ROBIN returned to her London home last summer after a three year restoration program. The…
Steve Rodrigues and a band of loyal volunteers are keeping KALAKALA afloat, but the Coast Guard wants him to move her, concerned that the rusting former ferry could sink in the Hylebos Waterway, Tacoma. Rodrigues bought KALAKALA in 2003 when she was berthed on Seattle’s Lake Union. After complaints that…
The SS KEEWATIN, the last Edwardian liner, has been a tourist attraction for the last 44-years at Douglas, Michigan on the east shore of the Kalamazoo River, a few miles from Lake Michigan. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Scotland in 1907 KEEWATIN ran continuously for almost 60…
In the aftermath of SOLAS 2010, classic passenger ships have gone from endangered to practically extinct. Alang is still claiming what it can of the few that remain, including what is the probably the most important surviving ocean liner in the world (aside from the preserved QUEEN MARY in Long…
BOREd in Turku, again: The Forum Marinum Maritime Museum by Kalle Id The Forum Marinum Maritime Museum is one of the two major attractions Finland’s oldest city Turku had to offer to ship-buffs. As I covered the other major attraction, the preserved pocket liner/cruise ship BORE in my last contribution…
