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…
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…
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…
Today the retired battleship USS IOWA is scheduled to be towed up the Main Channel in Los Angeles habor, starting at approximately 2:30PM (June 9th), from her temporary dock at berth 51-52. The best suggested viewing area (by Port of LA) is Ports O’ Call Village in San Pedro. Viewers…
KEEWATIN video by Roger LeLievre King Co. of Holland tugs towed the 1907-built ship stern-first out of the channel, passing the Saugatuck pierheads at about 12:30PM and into Lake Michigan. Another tug from St.James Marine Co. took over to tow. KEEWATIN will go first to Mackinaw City then on to…
New owners, Skyline International Development Co., began the 550 mile move of the 350-foot SS KEEWATIN from Peterson’s Tower Marina at Douglas, Michigan to Port McNicoll, Ontario, Canada, the ship’s onetime home port. The City of Port McNicoll plans to renovate the 104-year-old steamship and feature her as part of…
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…
