To mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the first regular passenger and freight service from Los Angeles – Honolulu, I have serialized some extracts from our
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
Richard Weiss covered this historic event on with his excellent photographs – What follows is Richard’s own account and photographs of the July 1st, 2011 event in Toledo,