Number 303 • fall 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 MIGHT, STYLE & SPLENDOR: ALSO IN THIS ISSUE EMPRESS Sagafjord to Alaska 20 There’s Something About Mary 28 of BRITAIN 10 Kate McCue’s Journey to the Bridge 40 S hip Research: The Basics 46 PowerShips303.indd 1 10/9/17 12:59 PM Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA October 2016 -October 2017 Fleet Admiral – $50,000+ Admiral – $20,000+ Maritime Heritage Grant Program The Dibner Charitable The Family of Helen & Henry Posner, Jr. Trust of Massachusetts The Estate of Mr. Donald Stoltenberg Heritage Harbor Fdn. Benefactor ($5,000+) Mr. Thomas C. Ragan Mr. Richard Rabbett Leader ($1,000+) Mr. James Berwind Mr. Nicholas Langhart CAPT Dave Pickering Mr. Douglas E. Bryan Mr. H. F. Lenfest Mr. Kenneth E. Schaller Amica Companies Foundation Mr. Barry W. Eager Mr. Ralph S. McCrea Mr. and Mrs. James W. Shuttleworth Mr. Charles T. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Eberle CAPT and Mrs. James J. McNamara Mr. Andy Tyska Mr. Jason Arabian Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Ferguson Mr. Don Leavitt Mr. Peregrine White Mr. Peter A. Aron Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Kolb CAPT & Mrs. Roland R. Parent Exxon Mobil Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lockhart Mr. Paul T. Rudolph Sponsor ($250+) Dr. Jerry Fingerut Mr. Jeff MacKlin Mr. Todd J. F. Schaumloffel Mr. Ronald Amos Mr. Raymond H. Fredette Mr. and Mrs. Jack Madden Schneider Electric Mr. Daniel Blanchard Mr. Henry H. Fuller Jr. Dr. Laurence Miller North American Foundation BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Walter Giger, Jr. Mrs. Harry Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Schulte Mrs. Kathleen Brekenfeld Mr. Roger Gill Morgan Stanley Community Affairs Mr. Theodore W. Scull Mr. Odd A. Brevik Mr. and Mrs. John and Vera Harsh Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mullen Mr. George Shuster Mr. David B. Butler Mr. Rob Haynes Mr. Todd Sposato Mr. Thomas E. Smith Mr. Leonard A. Caiger Mr. Carl R. Nold Mr. Harry Olsen CAPT Cesare Sorio Mr. Steve J. Caminis Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hughes Mr. Paul J. O’Pecko Mr. Donn R. Spear Prof. A. G. M. Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph and Anne Ilacqua Mr. Ronald L. Oswald Mr. Edward Spinney Mr. Gabriel Caprio Mr. Neil E. Jones Mr. Paul Paisley CAPT and Mrs. Terry Tilton, USN (Ret.) Council of American Maritime Museums Mr. Kevin P. Kernan Ms. Mary L. Payne Mr. Eric Wiberg CAPT John M. Cox Mr. John J. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Payton The Wolfsonian-FIU Cunard Line Mr. Murray Kilgour Mr. Dan Finamore Mr. William W. Donnell Mr. Stephen Lash Mr. Miles N. Peterle Mr. Thomas Donoghue Ms. Susan E. Linda Mr. Henry Posner III and Ms. Anne Molloy Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dyer CAPT Leif Lindstrom Mr. Dwight D. Quella Mr. William F. Cosgrove Mr. John C. Gustafson Mr Kenneth Meaney Mr. Arnold Rathmann Contributor ($100+) Mr. Tom Creigh Mr. Doug Hart Mr. Wayne C. Miller Mr. Allan C. Reed Mr. Gregory E. Abbott Mr. Patrick Dacey Captain Brian H. 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Nemergut CAPT Eric Takakjian Mr. John D. Brandner, Jr. Mr. Andrew W. Edmonds Dr. Peter J. Leahy Mr. William Nyberg Mr. Craig Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards Mr. Clayton E. Leroue CW4 (Ret.) Samuel R. Ohmacht Mr. Douglas A. Tilden Tracey Brennan Ms. Kathy Farnsworth and Mr. Mr. Keith A. Lewis Mr. James Onions Mr. Stephen Weaver Mr. James G. Brown John Teichmoeller Mr. Bruce Lockhart Mr. Hollis S. Paige Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Weinbaum Mr. Todd Buckley CAPT George H. Fisher Mr Donald L. Luetje Mr. Peter Pare Mr. Richard Weiss Mr. Andrew J. Burger Mr. Michael Fisher Mr. Holger Lukas Mr. Frank H. Peacock Mr. Hubert Wicki CDR Andrew O. Coggins, Jr., Mr. Gregory C. Gettle Mr. Gary Maehl Mr. David L. Powers, Jr. Ms. Margaret Jean Wort USN (Ret.) Mr. Alan Gordon and Mrs. Julia Mr. Frank Mallalieu Ms. Kinda Priestley Mr. Erwin Zimmermann Ms. Carol Cooper Ramos-Roth CAPT James Sorrentino Frank Mauran Mr. Robert Zinman Nicholas H. Cooper Mr. Robert L. Gray III Mr. Jack McBride Mr. Clarence Rahn Mr. Robert Burgess Mr. and Mrs. John Goschke Ms. Diana Moraco Mr. Jerry Stewart Friend (Up to $100) CAPT Stephen Busch Mr. Norman Grant Ms. Jean Wort Mr Joseph Sturges IV Mr. George W. Adams Captain Phillip B. Bush II, USN (Ret.) Mr. Alan Graves Mr. Raisuke Numata Mr. John Sutka Mr Eugene G. Allen Mr. James Cafferky, Sr. Ms. Patricia Hartle Ms. Catherine Covell Orloff Mr. and Mrs. William Tatewosian Mr. Roger A. Angelo Ms. Alissa Cafferky Mr. David Hill Mr. John Paul Mr. G. Thomas Tranter Mr. Albert K. Antrobus Mr. Thomas Cannuli Dr. William B. Cogar Mr. Frederic N. Phinney Mr. John Trtek Mr. Joe Attura Caterpllar Foundation Mr. Robert Hlavaty Reverend Donald E. Potter Mr. John M. Vournakis LCDR. Peter E. Baci, USNR (Ret) Mr. Thomas C. Chadwick Mr. Donald A. Hunt Mr. Gary C. Raffaele Capt. John P. Wellington Mr. John F. Baesch Mr. Arthur S. Clarke III Mr. G. W. Hutton Mr. Donald B. Raymond USN, (Ret.) Mr. Robert L. G. 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Budesa Ms. Lulu Gmoser Mr. John Merriam Mr. Gregory Stavros n (At top) The hard-working crew of Boston-Provincetown steamer Steel Pier in 1940 – Acores Collection, SSHSA Archives. PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MA NIFEST • N u m b e r 3 0 3 • f a l l 2 0 17 THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE has been continuously published by The Steamship Historical Society of America since first appearing as The Steamboat bill of facts in 1940. THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 Might, Style & Splendor as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional Empress historians interested in the history and development of steam navigation, past and present, and ofBritain incorporated in the Commonwealth by William H. Miller .... 10 of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt education corporation. IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, THE PILOT HOUSE ...4 the SSHSA produces other books and Q&A WITH publications of marine interest, a Sagafjord to alaska STEAMBOAT BILL .....5 by Carl J. Liba................ 20 list of which is available online and FULL STEAM AHEAD ..6 from the Warwick headquarters. LEttERS . 8 REGIONALS SSHSA MEETINGS are normally High Seas ...........52 held annually. Several local There’s Something Mid-Atlantic . 56 chapters also meet regularly. about Mary New York . 58 by Tom Varney ................ 28 Overseas . 60 MEMBERSHIP in SSHSA includes New England & subscriptions to PowerShips, the Eastern Canada . 62. Telegraph, and ahoy! Dues West Coast . 64 are in various classes, beginning at Kate mcCue’s Journey Great Lakes / Seaway . 68 $50.00 for Annual Members. to the Bridge Southeast & Gulf Ports . 71 by Lorraine Coons ............. 40 Southwest Pacific . 74 FOR FURTHER DETAILS, write: Western Rivers . 77 Steamship Historical TUGBOATS ..........80 Society of America, REVIEWS ...........83 2500 Post Road, Ship research: Warwick, RI 02886 HEARD ON The basics THE FANTAIL .......85 by James Shuttleworth........... 46 FROM THE Visit our website at COLLECTION .......86 www.sshsa.org ON THE COVER: Illustration by Kenneth D. Shoesmith for a Canadian Pacific Company poster for the empress of britain. – Chase Poster Collection, SSHSA Archives. ABOVE: Bon voyage!: Sailing day for the Empress – Canadian Pacific photo. 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.