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…
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…
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…
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…
by Kalle Id Unless otherwise noted, all images are copyright 2011 Kalle Id. The city of Turku in south-western Finland is probably known to most ship-enthustiasts as the origin of many of today’s largest cruise ships, the most recent being the giant ALLURE OF THE SEAS. The oldest city in…
Ben Lyons submitted his highly illustrated article from a weekend as volunteer crew aboard WWII Liberty ship SS JOHN W. BROWN sailing from Baltimore to the Colonnas shipyard in Norfolk over the weekend of August 6 & 7, 2011 – Martin Cox SS JOHN W. BROWN by volunteer crew member…
Richard Weiss emailed me about this event recently, I asked if we could cover this historic event on MaritimeMatters with his excellent photographs – Martin Cox: What follows is Richard’s own account and photographs of the July 1st event in Toledo, Ohio: SS COL. JAMES M. SCHOONMAKER A Century Later:…
On July 13, An irreplaceable icon of Britain’s maritime heritage, SS ROBIN, the world’s last remaining steam coaster built in 1890 will return to London on a barge. The public is encouraged to witness history in the making on July 13, 2011 as the world’s last remaining steamcoaster is set…
On May 27, 2011 The QUEEN MARY celebrated the 75th anniversary of her maiden voyage with hundreds of well-wishers, many locals and some traveling from the UK. Guests in attendance included revelers in period costume, former crew members from the liner’s heyday, past travelers and a group of World War…
