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Number 310 • summer 2019 PowerPowerT HE M AGAZINE OF E NGINE -P OWERED V ESSELS FRO M T ShipsHEShips S T EA M SHI P H IS T ORICAL S OCIE T Y OF A M ERICA Presidential 1880 - Yachts: 1921 20 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Queen The Demise Port of SS Batavia Elizabeth 2: of the Da Nang, Rescues the The Early MV Union Vietnam, Crew of the Years 10 Reliance 30 1966–1967 Bark Charles 38 Ward 50 Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA June 14, 2019 Fleet Admiral ($50,000+) Admiral ($20,000+) The Dibner Charitable Trust of The Family of Helen & Massachusetts Henry Posner Jr. Heritage Harbor Foundation Maritime Heritage Grant Program n Officers, crew and others on deck of Romance likely while running excursions from Boston to Provincetown. – Benefactor ($10,000+) Acores Collection, SSHSA Archives. The Champlin Foundation Mr. Thomas C. 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Edward Kelley CAPT Ronald Meiczinger CAPT Harold Rudd Mr. Bob Beggio Mr. Christopher Dougherty Mr. Dennis Kelley Mr. Marvin Merritt Mr. Edward Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Steve Beringhause Mr. Francis Duffy Mr. Derek Kendall Dr. Laurence Miller Mr. Todd Schaumloffel Mr. William Bolin Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards Mr. Jeffrey Kennel Mr. Jeffrey Miller Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoenwald Mr. John Brandner Jr. Mr. Arild Ellingsen Mr. Kevin Kernan Mr. Wayne Miller Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schulte Mr. Preston Bryant CAPT J.A. Ellis Mr. Robert Kimtis Mr. John Morgan Mr. Mark Southern Mr. Todd Buckley Mr. Henry Erwin Jr. Mr. George Koch Rev. Bart Muller Mr. Roy Spring Mr. Andrew Burger Ms. Kathy Farnsworth Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kolb CAPT Andrew Murray Mr. Jerry Stewart Mr. Frank Burton Mr. David Fein Ms. Lisa Kolibabek Ms. Nori Muster Mr. Steve Swanson CAPT Phillip B. Bush II USN (Ret.) Mr. John Ferguson Mr. Chris Koutros Mr. William Myles Mr. G. 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Donald Potter Mr. Dan Walters Mr. Douglas Blount Mr. George Economou Mr. Hank Kaminski Mr. William Redpath Mr. Clyde Walton Mr. Charles Boie Mr. Andrew Edmonds Mr. Michael Kania Mr. Edward Reiley Jr. Mr. Parker Williamson Dr. Lawson W. Brigham Mr. James Flynn Mr. Jack Lapidos Mr. Robert Reu Mr. William Wooding Mr. Ford Brockman Mr. Scott Forbes Mr. Justin Locke Mr. Colin Revill Mr. Vincent Budesa Mr. Brian Fournier Mr. Bryan Lucier Mr. Robert Savarese Mr. Thomas Cannuli Mr. Thomas Fowler CAPT Earl Maxfield Jr. Mr. Herbert Schneider Mr. Dewitt Chapple Ms. Lulu Gmoser Mr. Kevin McGeough Mr. Donald Smith PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MANIFEST • Number 310 • summer 2019 THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE has been continuously published by The Steamship Historical 1880 Society of America since first - appearing as The steamboat Presidential Yachts: 1921 Bill of Facts in 1940. by Dr. Gary A. Lombardo...20 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. IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, THE PILOT HOUSE . .4 the SSHSA produces other books and Queen Elizabeth 2: Q&A WITH publications of marine interest, a The Early Years STEAMBOAT BILL .....5 list of which is available online and by William H. Miller . .10 FULL STEAM AHEAD ..6 from the Warwick headquarters. LEttERS . 8 SSHSA MEETINGS are normally REGIONALS held annually. Several local High Seas . .54 chapters also meet regularly. The Demise of the Mid-Atlantic..........58 MV Union Reliance New York . 60 MEMBERSHIP in SSHSA includes by Eric Pearson.............30 Overseas . 62 subscriptions to Powerships, the New England & Telegraph, and Ahoy! 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