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Number 301 • SPRING 2017 PowerT HE M AGAZINE OF E NGINE -P OWERED V ESSELS FRO M T HEShips S T EA M SHI P H IS T ORICAL S OCIE T Y OF A M ERICA SSHSA Ship USCG Cutter Yeof athe r INGHAM 48 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Decorative Innovator: The Stunning Ile de France 8 Queen Mary 2: Remastering of a Monarch 20 Rotterdam’s Arctic Journey 28 The M/V Tustumena: Navigating Treacherous Waters 34 Sun Shipbuilding Part II 40 Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA As of April 25, 2017 Fleet Admiral – $50,000+ Admiral – $25,000+ The Family of Helen & Henry Posner, Jr. The Dibner Charitable Maritime Heritage Grant Program Trust of Massachusetts Ambassador – $10,000+ Benefactor ($5,000+) Mr. Thomas C. Ragan Mr. Richard Rabbett Cunard Line Mr. Nicholas Langhart Mr. Robert Rubino Leader ($1,000+) Mr. Ian Danic Mr. Stephen Lash Schneider Electric Ms. Deborah Aiken & Mr. Tom Sepe Mr. Barry Eager Mr. Don Leavitt North American Foundation Amica Companies Foundation Mr. Donald Eberle Mr. H.F. Lenfest Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Schulte Mr. Charles Andrews Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Ferguson Mr. Ralph McCrea Mr. & Mrs. James Shuttleworth Mr. Jason Arabian Mr. Christopher Hamma CAPT & Mrs. James McNamara CAPT & Mrs. Terry Tilton Mr. James Berwind Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hughes CAPT & Mrs. Roland Parent Mr. Andy Tyska Mr. Douglas Bryan J. Aron Charitable Foundation CAPT Dave Pickering Mr. Joseph White CAPT John Cox Mr. Christopher Kolb Mr. Henry Posner III & Ms. Anne Molloy Mr. Peregrine White Mr. Walter Giger Jr. Mrs. Gale Lucier Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Payton Sponsor ($250+) Mr. Roger Gill Mr. Jeff MacKlin Mr. Mark Perry Mr. Ronald Amos Mr. Warren Hagist Mr. & Mrs. John & Christine Madden Mr. Dwight Quella Mr. Daniel Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. John & Vera Harsh Mr. Frank Mauran Mr. Paul Rudolph Mrs. Kathleen Brekenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Hayes Mr. Daniel McCoy Mr. Todd Schaumloffel Mr. Odd Brevik Mr. Kevin Holland Dr. Laurence Miller Mr. Theodore Scull Mr. James Brown Mrs. Anne Ilacqua Mr. W. John Miottel Jr. Mr. George Shuster Mr. Steve Caminis Mr. Neil Jones Mrs. Harry Morgan Mr. Howard Smart Mr. Gabriel Caprio Jones Moving & Storage Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Mr. Thomas Smith Mr. Patrick Dacey Mr. Tom Jordens Mr. Thomas Mullen Mr. Cesare Sorio Mr. Thomas Diedrich CAPT Philip Kantz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mullen Mr. Donn Spear Mr. William Donnell Mr. John Kennedy Mr. William Muller Mr. Edward Spinney Mr. Thomas Donoghue Mr. Murray Kilgour New England Institute of Technology Sprintout Internet Services Mr. Steven Draper Mr. Peter Knego Mr. Carl R. Nold CAPT Eric Takakjian Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Beth Dyer Ms. Joyce Krabach Mr. Brian Norden Mr. Steven Tise CAPT J.A. Ellis Mr. Keith Lewis Mr. Harry Olsen Mr. Kurt Voss Exxon Mobil Foundation Ms. Susan Linda Mr. Paul O’Pecko Mr. Eric Wiberg Mr. Dan Finamore CAPT Leif Lindstrom Mr. Ronald Oswald The Wolfsonian Mr. Henry Fuller Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Sarah Lockhart Ms. Mary Payne Ms. Jean Wort Prof. A.G.M. Campbell Mr. Gregory Gettle Mr. Jack McBride Ms. Kinda Priestley Contributor ($100+) Mr. David Clarendon Dr. Harold Goldfarb Mr. Christopher McCarty Mr. Clarence Rahn Mr. Gregory Abbott CDR Andrew Coggins Jr. Mr. Alan Gordon Mr. Kenneth Meaney Mr. Allan Reed Mr. Alan Abramson Mr. Nicholas Cooper CAPT Kenneth Graham Mr. Jeffrey Miller Mr. Robert Savarese Mr. Robert Alspach Ms. Carol Cooper Mr. Robert Gray III Mr. Wayne Miller Mr. Kenneth Schaller Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Arini Mr. William Cosgrove Mr. Doug Hart Mr. & Mrs. Jerome & Lela Morgan Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Schoenwald Dr. John Arnold Mr. Tom Creigh Mr. Buell Hollister Mr. John Morgan Rev. Harry Shipps Mr. David Bailey Jr. Mr. David Davila CAPT Brian Hope Mr. Brian Morgan Mr. Britton Smith Mr. Harold Baker Mr. Christopher DeCamps Mr. Samuel James Jr. Mr. Lawrence Moss Mr. Mark Southern Professor Lester Bartson CAPT Robertson Dinsmore Mr. Bruce Kendrick Rev. Bart Muller Mr. Jerry Stewart Mr. David Bavlitschko Ms. Marjorie Dovman Mr. Robert Kessler Mr. Richard Muller Mr. Tom Stone Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Ms. Astrid Drew Mr. Alan Konzelman Dr. & Mrs. William Murphy Mr. David Sylvestre & Maureen Beaulieu Mr. Michael Dugan Mr. Earl Krantz Ms. Nori Muster Mr. Craig Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Bellafiore Mr. Andrew Edmonds Mr. Thomas Lavin Mr. Mark Nemergut Mr. Stephen Weaver Mr. Steven Bienenfeld Mr. & Mrs. William Edwards Dr. Peter Leahy Mr. William Nyberg Mr. Richard Weiss Mr. Philip Blauvelt Ms. Kathy Farnsworth Mr. Clayton Leroue Mr. Samuel Ohmacht Mr. Hubert Wicki Mr. A. Pierce Bounds Mr. Roger Field Mr. Bruce Lockhart Mr. James Onions Mr. Erwin Zimmermann Mr. Mark Bradley Dr. Jerry Fingerut Mr. Malcolm Long Mr. Hollis Paige Mr. Robert Zinman Mr. John Brandner Jr. CAPT George Fisher Mr. Don Luetje Mr. Paul Paisley Mr. Ford Brockman Mr. Michael Fisher Mr. Holger Lukas Mr. Peter Pare Mr. Andrew Burger Mr. Alan Flood Mr. Frank Mallalieu Mr. Miles Peterle Mr. James Burke Mr. Raymond Fredette Mariners' House Mr. Richard Placey Mr. David Butler Mr. Daniel Gallagher Dr. Gilbert McArdle Mr. David Powers Jr. CAPT Phillip Bush II Mr. Glenn Frizzell Mr. Donald Martin Mr. Gregory Stavros Friend (Up to $100) Ms. Vivian & Janet Butler Ms. Lulu Gmoser CAPT Earl Maxfield Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William & Lynn Tatewosian Dr. George Abbot Ms. Alissa Cafferky Mr. John & Linda Goschke Mr. Walter McLaughlin Mr. Samuel Taylor Mr. George Adams Mr. Thomas Cannuli Mr. Norman Grant Mr. Avery Munson Mr. Richard Tennant Mr. Eugene Allen Ms. Paula Cardi Mr. Carol Hackmann Mr. Richard Mushet Mr. John Trtek Mr. Ronald Andersen Caterpillar Foundation Ms. Patricia Hartle Mr. Raisuke Numata Mr. Richard Vanaria Mr. Roger Angelo Charter Oak Credit Union Mr. John Hastings Mrs. Gina O'Connell Mr. John Vournakis Mr. Albert Antrobus Mr. Arthur Clarke III Mr. David Hill Ms. Catherine Covell Orloff CAPT John Wellington LCDR. Peter Baci Mr. Alan Cullen Mr. Robert Hlavaty Mr. Frederic Phinney Mr. Robert White Jr. Mr. John Baesch Mr. James Curtin Mr. Stanley Hodges Mr. Gary Raffaele Mr. Parker Williamson Mr. William Baxter Mr. Terry Curtis Mr. Donald Hunt Mr. Arnold Rathmann Mr. William Wooding Mr. Thomas Berlin Mr. Douglas Davis IBM Corporation Matching Mr. Donald Raymond CAPT Lawrence Worters Mr. Francis Birchard Mr. Douglas Dease Gifts Program Mr. Colin Revill Mr. Donald Yokum Dr. Kip Bodi Mr. John Delach Ms. June Ingram Ms. Tonya Ricketts Mr. Peter Young Mr. Edward Bohan Mr. & Mrs. David Dingley Mr. & Mrs. Les Isaacowitz Mrs. Irene Roberts Mr. Paul Yurko Mr. Charles Boie Mr. Steve Donohue Ms. Kyle Ingrid Johnson Mr. Brian Rogers Mr. George Zarvis Mr. Rick Brown Mr. Arild Ellingsen Mr. Michael Joynt Mr. James Royle Mr. Darryl Zoeckler Mr. Vincent Budesa Mr. Henry Erwin Jr. Mr. Derek Kendall Mr. Edward Ryan Mr. Robert Burgess Mr. John Ferguson Mr. George Koch Mr. John Sauter Mr. Edwin Burt Dr. & Mrs. William Flayhart III Ms. Alice La Brie Ms. Kay Schloff CAPT Stephen Busch Mr. Thomas Fowler Mr. Hugh MacKay CAPT W.D. Smith n (At top) Officers, crew and others on deck of Romance a) Tennessee likely while running excursions from Boston to Provincetown., SSHSA Archives. PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MANIFEST • N u m b e r 3 0 1 • sp r in g 2 0 17 THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE has been continuously published The SSHSA ANNUAL by The Steamship Historical Society of America since first Awards 2016 appearing as The Steamboat Bill of Facts in 1940. Ship of the Year . 48 USCGC INGHAM THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., Tugboat of the Year..........49 (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 Hercules as a means of bringing together Jay Allen Award . .50 those amateur and professional CAPT William Frappier historians interested in the Samuel Ward Stanton Award...50 history and development of steam H .F . “Gerry” & navigation, past and present, and Marguerite Lenfest incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt education corporation. THE PILOT HOUSE . .4 Lives of the Liners: The IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, Q&A WITH Stunning Ile de France STEAMBOAT BILL .....5 the SSHSA produces other books and by William H. Miller...............8 publications of marine interest, a FULL STEAM AHEAD ..6 list of which is available online and REGIONALS from the Warwick headquarters. Queen Mary 2: Remastering High Seas . .51 a Monarch Mid-Atlantic . 56 SSHSA MEETINGS are normally by John A. Fostik, MBA ............20 New York . 58 held annually. Several local chapters also meet regularly. Overseas . 60 MS Rotterdam’s Arctic New England & MEMBERSHIP in SSHSA includes Eastern Canada . .62 subscriptions to PowerShips, the Journey by Lorraine Coons West Coast . 64 Telegraph, and Ahoy! Dues & Alexander Varias..............28 Great Lakes / Seaway . 68 are in various classes, beginning at Southeast & Gulf Ports . 71 $50.00 for Annual Members. Southwest Pacific . 74 The Courageous Tustumena FOR FURTHER DETAILS, write: Western Rivers . 77 by Scott MacDonald . .34 Steamship Historical TUGBOATS ..........80 Society of America, REVIEWS ...........83 2500 Post Road, HEARD ON Warwick, RI 02886 Sunoco Shipbuilding, Part 2 THE FANTAIL . .85 by William D. Preston . .40 FROM THE Visit our website at COLLECTION . .86 www .sshsa org. ON THE COVER USCGC Ingham on convoy duty during World War II. – Courtesy USCGC Ingham Memorial Museum. ABOVE Superstructure details of the Ingham . – Photo by Matthew Schulte. 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