Steamboat Bill
Powerships Summer 2010 | No. 274
The world’s oldest deep-sea passenger vessel is retired after an incredible 95-year seagoing career! Peter T. Eisele has her story in The Many Lives of Newport News Hull 176.
At age 100, the Toronto ferryboat Trillium continues in service. Gordon Champion, Mike Filey, and Jenny Suttaby combine forces to tell the story of her long career, including a rebirth following a lengthy layup.
Reaching back into his wealth of sea stories, Captain Edward C. March brings us the story of a marathon World War II trip in A Wartime Voyage on a Liberty Ship.
Not only are the Western Rivers now devoid of overnight passenger vessels, one of them has reached the end of the line. Charles H. Bogart has the story in Mississippi Queen—1976-2010: A Life Cut Short.
In Queen Victoria & The Pirates, Philip Simms tells how the giant Cunarder prepared earlier this year for a cruise through dangerous waters.