AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
« Previous Entries1954 VIDEO CRUISE TO ALASKA – During the last year of the Alaska Steamship Company’s Passenger Operation.
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010alaska steamship company, ss alaska, inside passage, retro look at cruising, ships and the sea, passenger cruises, videos, cruise history
Labor Day – SS United States, SS America and SS Constitution
Saturday, September 5th, 2009Labor Day – SS United States, SS America and SS Constitution – From our collection of photos – busy liners – New York City in the 1950s:
SS United States (US Lines) sailing from New York Harbor.
SS America (US lines) docked in New York.
SS Constitution (American Export Lines) docked in New York.
Part One – Handbook of American-flag passenger ships in 1955.
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009In 1955 America’s fleet of ocean-going passenger ships was fast diminishing. The year before, Alaska Steamship Lines had gone out of business with the loss of four passenger ships and the Bull Line serving Puerto Rico laid up their last passenger ship. In examining cruise ship history in 1955, there were still 40 active [...]
Cruise Ship History: When going by ship from San Francisco to Portland was faster than the train and cost $38.40 round-trip first class.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009The Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company was formed by James Hill on September 30, 1914.
The line was to compliment the passenger train service on the Astoria Line and compete with the Southern Pacific trains to San Francisco.
The company operated two ships, the S.S. Great Northern and S.S. Northern Pacific.
The ships proved faster [...]
SS UNITED STATES is up for sale and could end up as scrap metal. Will the QE 2 be next?
Monday, February 16th, 2009The great ocean liner SS United States docked next to Ikea in Philadelphia has been put up for sale. A preservation group for the mothballed ocean liner fears a buyer could end up using it as scrap metal. Steven Ujifusa, who was a volunteer production assistant for the above video, published a story on Plan [...]
SS UNITED STATES: FIRST LADY OF THE SEA! Celebrating the inauguration of President Obama with a great video about a ship symbolyzing the USA.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009This great video uses archival footage and a rare 78rpm recording of the SS United States theme song to highlight the glory days of this fabled ship. The song, “First Lady of the Sea,” was written by brothers Meyer & Emery Davis, who also conducted the ship’s orchestra, and is perhaps a one-of-a-kind demo cut [...]
Cruise Line History – PANAMA PACIFIC LINES finished – New York to California via Havana and the Panama Canal – From 1938 TIME MAGAZINE
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Many American flag steamship lines — APL, Matson, Moore-McCormick, Grace, etc. — faced a similar fate as Panama Pacific Lines did when the US withdrew their mail and operating subsidies to carry military personnel in the 1960s. The same fate happened to the American railway system in the late 1960s when the US withdrew railway [...]
Cruise: Visiting Europe on an American Ship – Advertisement from the United States Lines in the 1920s.
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009An advertisement tempting Americans Europe-ward, in the 1920s.
The SS United States: ultra-fast in the 1950s and 1960s — but just too late. “Crossing the Pond” by liner was killed by the Jet.
The Cruise Lines are Liars. The ship’s crews always have more fun. They are partying while the passengers are watching jugglers, ventriloquists or versions of old Broadway Shows!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009This site just isn’t about the past…
All those cruise lines advertise what great times the passengers are having. They’re wrong. You use to be able to hang out with crew members.
No more.
Most of the time the cruise lines are pitching junk like spas, art auctions, napkin folding, etc. Yet the crew are having a blast.
And [...]
Cruise Ship History – The SS United States. The fastest liner ever built. Video of celebrities and presidents. From Harry S. Truman to Elizabeth Taylor sailing aboard the great liner.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Great youTube video on the SS United States from past to present.
The SS United States.
The SS United States was the brainchild of one of the world’s foremost marine architects, William Francis Gibbs. His dream was to build a passenger ship that was faster, safer and more technologically advanced than anything else afloat. It [...]
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