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NUMBER 3OO WINTER 2017 Remembering the LaGuardia from General Richardson & Leilani to Roosevelt, Atlantis & Emerald Seas 8 IC EBOUND! RMS Britannia at Boston, 1844 22 C entury-old Motor Yacht, Mar-Sue 34 From Peonies to Pirates: The Amazing Story of Jane Shelley 40 C aptain Cobb’s Steamer, the Despatch 44 Thanks to All Who Supported SSHSA During 2016 As of December 28, 2016 Admiral – $25,000+ Ambassador – $5,000+ Dibner Charitable Trust of Massachusetts Mr. Thomas C. Ragan The Family of Helen & Henry Posner, Jr. Maritime Heritage Grant Program Benefactor ($1,000+) Mr. Barry W. Eager CAPT & Mrs. Roland R. Parent Schneider Electric N.A. Foundation Ms. Deborah Aiken & Mr. Tom Sepe Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Eberle CAPT Dave Pickering Mr. & Mrs. James W. Shuttleworth Amica Companies Foundation The Estate of Mr. John Hamma Queen Mary Hotel CAPT & Mrs. Terry Tilton, USN (Ret.) Mr. Charles T. Andrews Mr. Nicholas Langhart Mr. Richard Rabbett Mr. Joseph B. White Mr. James Berwind Mr. Don Leavitt Mr. Robert Rubino Mr. Peregrine White Mr. Ian Danic Dr. Laurence Miller Russell Morin Catering & Events Mr. Eric Wiberg Leader ($500+) Mrs. Carolina Kimball Sponsor ($300+) Mr. Tom Jordens Mr. Ronald Amos Ms. Joyce Krabach Ms. Joan Bentinck-Smith CAPT Leif Lindstrom CAPT John M. Cox Mr. Stephen Lash BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Jeff MacKlin Ms. Jackie Chase & Cunard Line Mr. Keith A. Lewis Mr. Gabriel Caprio Mrs. Joanie Morgan Disney Cruise Line Mrs. Gale Lucier Mr. Thomas Diedrich Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Mr. William W. Donnell CAPT and Mrs. James J. McNamara Mr. Steven Draper Mr. William G. Muller Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. Ferguson Mr. W. John Miottel CAPT J.A. Ellis Mr. Brian L. Norden Mr. & Mrs. Glenn P. Hayes Mr. Thomas A. Mullen Exxon Mobil Foundation Mr. Dwight D. Quella Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Hughes Mr. Mark B. Perry Mr. Roger W. Field Mr. Paul T. Rudolph Mr. Neil E. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Schulte Dr. Jerry Fingerut Mr. Theodore W. Scull Mr. Kevin P. Kernan Mr. Thomas Smith Mr. Walter Giger, Jr. Mr. Edward Spinney CAPT Philip C. Kantz Mr. Donn R. Spear Ms. Susan Linda Mr. Steven Tise Mr. Murray Kilgour Mr. Kurt D. Voss Contributor ($100+) Mr. Tom Creigh Mr. Buell Hollister Mr. Kenneth Meaney Mr. John C. Sauter Mr. Alan Abramson Mr. Patrick Dacey CAPT Brian H. Hope Mr. Wayne C. Miller Mr. Robert H. Savarese Mr. Robert K. Alspach CAPT Robertson Dinsmore Mr. James D. Iams Mr. Jeffrey Miller Mr. Kenneth E. Schaller Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Arini Ms. Marjorie Dovman Interstate Navigation Mr. Brian Morgan Mr. Todd J. F. Schaumloffel Dr. John B. Arnold Mr. Michael Dugan Mr. Samuel L. James, Jr. Mr. John A. Morgan Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoenwald Mr. David C. Bailey, Jr. Mr. Andrew W. Edmonds Mr. Bruce Kendrick Mr. Lawrence Moss Rev. Harry Shipps Mr. Harold Baker Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards Mr. Robert Kessler Rev. Bart R. Muller Mr. Howard Smart Prof. Lester Bartson III Ms. Kathy Farnsworth and Mr. Mr. Peter C. Knego Mr. Richard Muller Mr. Cesare Sorio Mr. David A. Bavlitschko John Teichmoeller Mr. Alan Konzelman Dr. & Mrs. William P. Murphy Mr. Mark G. Southern Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Bellafiore Mr. Michael Fisher Mr. Earl Krantz Ms. Nori Muster Mr. Jay Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Bieser Mr. Alan J. Flood Mr. Thomas Lavin Mr. Paul J. O’Pecko Mr. Jerry Stewart Mr. A. Pierce Bounds Mr. Henry H. Fuller Jr. Dr. Peter J. Leahy Mr. Mark J. Nemergut CAPT Eric Takakjian Mr. Mark A Bradley Mr. Daniel Gallagher Mr. Clayton E. Leroue Mr. William Nyberg Mr. H. F. Lenfest Mr. John D. Brandner, Jr. Mr. Gregory C. Gettle Mr. Malcolm Long CW4 (Ret.) Samuel R. Ohmacht Mr. Craig Thompson Mr. Ford Brockman Mr. James Giammatteo Mr. Donald L. Luetje Mr. Harry Olsen Mr. Stephen Weaver Mr. James G. Brown Dr. Harold J. Goldfarb Mr. Holger Lukas Mr. James Onions Mr. Richard Weiss Mr. Andrew J. Burger Mr. Alan Gordon Mr. Frank Mallalieu Mr. Hollis Paige Mr. Hubert Wicki Mr. James Burke CAPT Kenneth M. Graham CAPT Michael Cicalese Mr. Paul Paisley Mr. Parker Williamson Mr. Henry E. Buttelmann Mr. Warren Hagist Dr. Gilbert C. McArdle Ms. Mary L. Payne Ms. Margaret Jean Wort Prof. A. G. M. Campbell Mr. Doug Hart Mr. Jack McBride Mr. Richard L. Placey Mr. Erwin Zimmermann Mr. Thomas Cannuli Mr. Robert A. Haslun Mr. Christopher McCarty Mr. David L. Powers, Jr. Mr. Robert Zinman Ms. Carol Cooper Mr. Carl R. Nold Mr. Daniel L. McCoy Mr. Frank Mauran Mr. William F. Cosgrove Mr. Kevin Holland Mr. Ralph S. McCrea Mr. Clarence Rahn Friend (Up to $100) CAPT Phillip B. Bush II, USN (Ret.) Mr. Arild Johan Ellingsen Mr. Hugh C. MacKay Mr. Edward J. Ryan Dr. George H. Abbot Mr. David B. Butler Mr. Henry P. Erwin, Jr. Mr. Donald Martin CAPT & Mrs. W.D. Smith Mr. George W. Adams Ms. Vivian Butler Mr. John David Ferguson CAPT & Mrs. Earl E. Maxfield , Jr. Mr. Donald H. Smith Mr. Eugene G. Allen & Ms. Janet Butler Dr. & Mrs. William H. Flayhart, III Mr. Walter Lynn McLaughlin Mr. Gregory Stavros Mr. Ronald Russell Andersen Mr. Steve J. Caminis Mr. Thomas P. Fowler CAPT Ronald J. Meiczinger Mr. Samuel Taylor Mr. Roger A. Angelo Ms. Paula Cardi Mr. Glenn L. Frizzell Mr. Avery Munson Mr. Richard Tennant Mr. Albert K. Antrobus Charter Oak Credit Union Mr. Carol R. Hackmann Mr. Richard M. Mushet Mr. Richard Vanaria Mr. John F. Baesch Mr. Arthur S. Clarke III Ms. Patricia Hartle Mr. Raisuke Numata Mr. John M. Vournakis Mr. William L. Baxter CDR Andrew O. Coggins, Jr. USN, Ret. Mr. John Hastings Ms. Gina O’Connell CAPT John P. Wellington Mr. Thomas Berlin Mr. Alan Cullen Mr. David Hill Mr. Frederic N. Phinney Mr. Robert L. G. White, Jr. Mr. Francis Birchard Mr. James D. Curtin Mr. Stanley G. Hodges Mr. George Prince Mr. William Wooding Dr. Kip Bodi Mr. Terry B. Curtis Mr. Donald A. Hunt Mr. Arnold Rathmann CAPT & Mrs. Lawrence E. Worters Mr. Edward Bohan Mr. Douglas L. Davis Ms. June Sherry Ingram Mr. Donald B. Raymond USN, (Ret.) Mr. Donald Yokum Mr. Charles Boie Mr. Douglas Dease Mr. and Mrs. Les Isaacowitz Mr. & Mrs. Rayner Mr. Dale Yonkers Mr. Rick Brown Mr. John J. Delach Ms. Kyle Ingrid Johnson Mr. Edward L. Reiley, Jr. Mr. Peter T. Young Mr. Vincent J. Budesa Mr. & Mrs. David Dingley Mr. Derek Kendall Mr. Colin R. Revill Mr. Paul Yurko Mr. Robert Burgess Mr. Steve Donohue Mr. John Kenyon Mrs. Irene G. Roberts Mr. George T. Zarvis Mr. Edwin E. Burt Mr. James E. East Mr. George W. Koch Mr. Brian Rogers Mr. Carl Ziegler Mr. Stephen Busch Mr. Frederick Eller Ms. Alice F. La Brie Mr. James Royle Mr. Darryl Zoeckler n (At top) Crew of the steamer Mackinac, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.– Jess Welt Collection, SSHSA Archives. NUMBER 3OO WINTER 2017 PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MANIFEST THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE LIVES OF THE LINERS has been continuously published Remembering the by The Steamship Historical Society of America since first appearing as The Steamboat La Guardia Bill of Facts in 1940. by William H. Miller 8 THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional historians interested in the history and development of steam navigation, past and present, and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt education corporation. THE PILOT HOUSE ...4 IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, ICEBOUND! The Story of Q&A WITH STEAMBOat BILL .....5 the SSHSA produces other books and the RMS Britannia at Boston publications of marine interest, a FULL STEAM AHEAD ..7 by David Longshore................22 list of which is available online and REGIONALS from the Warwick headquarters. High Seas ...........53 Mid-Atlantic . 57 SSHSA MEETINGS are normally A Century-Old Motor New York . 60 held annually. Several local chapters also meet regularly. Yacht: Mar-Sue Overseas . 62 by William L. (Butch) Baxter ........34 New England & MEMBERSHIP in SSHSA includes Eastern Canada . 63. subscriptions to PowerShips, the West Coast . 65 Telegraph, and Ahoy! Dues From Peonies to Pirates: Great Lakes / Seaway . 69 are in various classes, beginning at The Amazing Story Southeast & Gulf Ports .72 $50.00 for Annual Members. of Jane Shelley Southwest Pacific . 74 FOR FURTHER DETAILS, write: by Steven Duff .................40 Western Rivers . 77 Steamship Historical TUGBOatS ..........80 Society of America, REVIEWS ...........83 2500 Post Road, Captain Cobb’s Steamer: HEarD ON Warwick, RI 02886 The Despatch THE FANtaIL .......85 by James G. Brown................44 FROM THE Visit our website at COLLEctION .......86 www .sshsa o. rg ON THE COVER The liner La Guardia arrives in New York, 1949. Background illustration from a travel brochure during her career as Atlantis. – SSHSA Archives. ABOVE The cover image in its original form. – Edward O. Clark Collection, SSHSA Archives. PowerShips (formerly titled Steamboat Bill) (ISSN 0039-0844)—founded in 1940 by Jay Allen—is published quarterly as a cooperative effort by the Steamship Historical Society of America, Inc., 2500 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the activities of marine historians in the field of self-propelled vessels. Material for possible publication is always welcome and should be sent to the editor; Jim Pennypacker, 4 Snead Ct., Palmyra, VA 22963. No remuneration can be made for such materials, and no responsibility for it is accepted, although every effort will be made for its safe handling. All contributions are subject to editing. Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Society; the burden for accuracy rests with the contributors.