Steamboat Bill
Steamboat Bill Summer 2008 | No. 266
The men who bore the responsibility for the world’s great liners often have fascinating stories to tell about their experiences. In Captain of the Line, Larry Driscoll introduces us to Captain John Tucker, sometime master of the United States in the 1960s. His story is illuminating and often amusing.
Long-time SSHSA member Ben Lyons provides a fond look back of one of the last classic American liners in Remembering the Independence. Now chief officer on the Queen Mary 2, Ben began his passenger ship career as a cadet on the Independence and here shares those experiences.
California Maritime Academy Assistant Professor Timothy Lynch relates the story of the Victory Ship Red Oak Victory, now undergoing restoration in Richmond, California, and the role academy students are playing in the restoration.
It has been nearly fifty years since the Old Bay Line—the last to operate overnight passenger and freight steamers in the U.S.—ceased operations. W. Robert Lange has had a passion for the old steamers since childhood and writes fondly of them in The Old Bay Line: A New Perspective.
Spring 2008 | No. 265
Take part in two once-in-a-lifetime events—the January 2008 tandem crossing of the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Victoria and the meeting of all three Cunard Queens in New York. Authors Roger Emtage and Steven Loveless have both stories, illustrated by the dramatic photos of several eminent photographers.
Come along to Lake George for Matthew Dow’s tribute to the steamer Mohican, which continues in active service on the lake in this, her centennial year. Ann Eberle also has the story of Captain Bill Huus —Sandy Hook pilot and Lake George skipper.
Built in the 1950s to haul sludge to the open sea, the steamer Shieldhall steams on today as an operating museum ship in England. Graham Mackenzie has her story.
Fredrick Gary Hareland provides an affectionate look back at the storied liner Norway a) France as scrappers slowly dismantle her on a beach in Alang, India.
And editor Jack Shaum looks back on the multi-faceted career of the school ship Texas Clipper, once the liner Excambion, as she begins her final career as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico.
Steamboat Bill Summer 2007 | No. 262
When the Canadian Pacific passenger steamer Keewatin was launched in 1906, who would have thought she would still be around a century later? Bob and Cindy Zimmerman have a centennial tribute to this wonderful od vessel, a museum in Michigan now for nearly 40 years. A special color section on the vessel as she is today is also included.
As World War II approached, the American-flag Robin Line introduced six passenger-carrying freighters that caused a stir inside and outside the maritime community. In Freighters Deluxe: The Robin Line's C2-S Cargo Ships of 1941, David Hendrickson tells their story.
Marine architect Philip Thiel's long and interesting career has put him in touch with some interesting ships and shipyards over the year. In A Lifetime's Memories of Some Special Ships and Shipyards, he relates those experiences.
The sinking earlier this year of the cruise ship Sea Diamond made headlines around the world. Michael Hipler was on the scene and shares his impressions and photographs of the event.
Go along with radio officer Fredrick Gary Hareland for a trip around Cape Horn on a modern cruise ship in Cape Horn Fails to Live Up to its Billing.
As always, our network of regional editors and columnists have news and commentary on various maritime fronts around the world.
Spring 2007 | No. 261
How much bad luck can a steamship line have in one year? Find out in A Bad Luck Year for the Fall River Line by the late Long Island Sound steam boat expert Edwin L. Dunbaugh.
In Passenger Lists and Temporary Communities: Who was on the North Atlantic in the Interwar Period? Douglas Hart takes a detailed look at the many different people who made up the passenger lists on the likes of the Berengaria and her fleetmates.
Much has been written about the demise of the venerable tugboat New York Central No. 16. In New York Central No. 16: Personal Recollections, Alan Frazer recounts his personal dealings with this beautiful old boat.
A century has passed since the first voyage of the tugboat Baltimore. Steven Loveless has the story of her long career and the anniversary tribute recently held for her in The Steam Tug Baltimore: Municipal Maritime Ambassador.
Florida steamboat historian Edward A. Mueller, a former editor of Steamboat Bill, brings us the story of a little-known coastal enterprise in The Georgia and Florida Inland Navigation Company and the Steamboat Florida.
Plus... meet Matthew Schulte, the Steamship Historical Society of America's new executive director.
