NUMBER 311 • FALL 2019 PowerPowerT HE M AGAZINE OF E NGINE -P OWERED V ESSELS FROM THEShipsShips S TEAMSHIP H ISTORICAL S OCIETY OF A MERICA HEINEKEN, HEMLOCK & HULA HOOPS 18 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE HandlingHandling thethe LinersLiners atat BethlehemBethlehem SteelSteel inin HobokenHoboken 8 The War Service of the Queen Mary 34 TheThe SuezSuez CanalCanal –– 150-Year150-Year AnniversaryAnniversary 42 JamesJames I.I. Waddell,Waddell, CSN:CSN: PiratePirate oror Hero?Hero? 50 Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA September 19, 2019 Fleet Admiral ($100,000+) Admiral ($30,000+) The Dibner Charitable Trust of The Posner Foundation Massachusetts of Pittsburgh Maritime Heritage Grant Program Offi cers, crew and others on deck of Romance likely Benefactor ($5,000+) while running excursions from Boston to Provincetown. – Heritage Harbor Foundation Mr. Thomas C. Ragan Mr. Douglas Tilden Acores Collection, SSHSA Archives. Leader ($1,000+) Mr. Thomas Donoghue Merriconeag Charitable Fund Mr. Howard Smart Mr. Barry Eager CAPT and Mrs. Roland Parent Mr. John Spofford Amica Companies Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ferguson Ms. Mary Payne The Estate of Mr. Donald Mr. Charles Andrews Mr. Michael Fisher CAPT Dave Pickering Stoltenberg Mr. Jason Arabian Mr. Neil Jones Mr. Michael Rector Mr. Michael Tattoli Mr. James Berwind Mr. Nicholas Langhart Mr. Stephen Roberts Mr. Mark Thomas Mr. Douglas Bryan Mr. Don Leavitt Mr. Kenneth Schaller CAPT and Mrs. Terry Tilton Mr. William Donnell Mr. Keith Lewis Mr. and Mrs. James Shuttleworth Mr. Peregrine White Mr. Henry Fuller Jr. Mr. Alexander Melchert Mr. Nathaniel Ruda Sponsor ($250+) Mr. Walter Giger Jr. Mr. W. John Miottel Jr. Dr. Timothy Runyan Mr. Roger Gill Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mullen Mr. Richard Scarano Mr. John Barnard Mr. Doug Hart Mr. William Muller Schneider Electric North Mr. Daniel Blanchard Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hayes Dr. and Mrs. William Murphy American Foundation Mr. A. Pierce Bounds Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hughes Mr. Robert Newell Mr. Theodore Scull Mr. J. O. Busto Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and Anne Ilacqua Mr. Carl R. Nold Mr. Tom Sepe Mr. Peter Cawthorn Mr. Tom Jordens Mr. Harry Olsen Dr. Robert Shea Mr. Thomas Chadwick CAPT Philip Kantz Mr. Paul O’Pecko CAPT Cesare Sorio CDR Andrew Coggins Jr. Mr. Murray Kilgour Mr. Ronald Oswald Mr. Edward Spinney Mr. William Cosgrove Mr. and Mrs. Ross and Ellen Langill Mr. Richard Pelley Mr. Alan Stover Mr. and Mrs. Chris and Melissa Cote Mr. Stephen Lash Mr. Miles Peterle Ms. Alison Svenningsen Mr. Patrick Dacey Mr. Thomas Lavin Ms. Kathy Pollard CAPT Eric Takakjian Mr. Patrick Donovan Dr. Peter Leahy Mr. Henry Posner III and Mr. Sandy Thomson Mr. Steven Draper Mr. R.W. Lightbound Ms. Anne Molloy Mr. & Mrs. John and Mr. Michael Dugan Mr. Jeff Macklin Ms. Kinda Priestley Liz Tylawsky Mr. Donald Eberle Mr. Daniel McCoy Mr. Dwight Quella Mr. Balbino Vazquez Mr. Andrew Edmonds Mr. William McLin Mr. Richard Rabbett Mr. Theodore Xakellis Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards CAPT and Mrs. James McNamara CAPT Charles Romano Jr. Mr. Alan Yorker Mr. Raymond Fredette CAPT Ronald Meiczinger Dr. Victor Rubino Mr. James Zatwarnicki Jr. Ms. Carol Cooper Mr. Edward Hawley McAllister Towing of Mr. Tom Quinn Contributor ($100+) CAPT John Cox Mr. William Herron Jr. Narragansett Bay, Inc. Mr. Arnold Rathmann Mr. Douglas Davis Mr. Albert Hinckley Jr. Mr. Christopher McCarty Mr. William Raver Mr. George Adams Mr. Antone DeGerlia Mr. David Hume Mr. David McColloch Ms. Angela Richardson Mr. Jim Antonisse Mr. Michael DePinto Mr. Leonard Kaisalahti Mr. Walter McLaughlin Mr. Todd Schaumloffel Dr. John Arnold Mr. Thomas Diedrich Mr. Dennis Kelley Mr. Marvin Merritt Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schoenwald Mr. Joe Attura Mr. Steve Donohue Rev. Edward Kelley Dr. Laurence Miller Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Schulte Mr. David Bailey Jr. Mr. Christopher Dougherty Mr. Derek Kendall Mr. Jeffrey Miller Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schulte Mr. Bob Beggio Mr. Francis Duffy Mr. Jeffrey Kennel Mr. Wayne Miller Mr. Mark Southern Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Bellafiore Mr. Arild Ellingsen Mr. Robert Kimtis Mr. John Morgan Mr. Jerry Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Steve Beringhause CAPT J.A. Ellis Mr. George Koch Rev. Bart Muller Mr. Steve Swanson Mr. Douglas Blount Ms. Kathy Farnsworth and Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ms. Nori Muster Mr. Craig Thompson Mr. Jerry Boyd Mr. John Teichmoeller Kolb Mr. Brian Norden Mr. G. Thomas Tranter Mr. John Brandner Jr. Mr. David Fein Mr. Earl Krantz Mr. Richard Nutting Ms. Sandra Ulbrich Mr. Todd Buckley Mr. John Ferguson CAPT David Leech Mr. Samuel Ohmacht CAPT R.L. Van Nice, Jr. Mr. Andrew Burger Ms. Lauri Fine Mr. Clayton Leroue Mr. Hollis Paige Mr. Ted Vernon Mr. Frank Burton CAPT George Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mr. Paul Paisley Dr. Charles Walker CAPT Phillip B. Bush II USN (Ret.) Mr. Edward Gabrielson Leuenberger Mr. Peter Pare Dr. Michael Watkins Mr. David Butler Mr. Mark Gathings Ms. Susan Linda Mr. Eric Pearson Mr. Stephen Weaver Mr. Gabriel Caprio Mr. Gregory Gettle Mr. Bruce Lockhart Mr. David Powers Jr. Mr. Eric Wiberg Mr. David Clark Mr. James Giammatteo Mr. Frank Mallalieu Providence Steamboat Mr. William Cooper Mr. Jeffrey Goldstein Mr. Steven Mason Company Mr. Alan Cullen Mr. Peter Griggs Mr. R. Willaim Movius Mr. Gregory Stavros Friend (Up to $100) Mr. Terry Curtis Mr. Gary Gudes CAPT Andrew Murray Mr. Michael Stevens Mr. Anthony DiMattia Mr. Walter Henry Mr. Richard Mushet Mrs. Lorna Straus Mr. Richard Austin CAPT Robertson Dinsmore Mr. Don Holmgren Mr. Raisuke Numata Mr. and Mrs. William Tatewosian Mr. Scott Avedisian Ms. Marjorie Dovman Mr. and Mrs. Les Isaacowitz Mr. John Paul Ms. Sandra Venitelli Mr. Harold Baker Mr. John Drew Ms. Kyle Ingrid Johnson Mr. John Portanova Mr. Philip Vollrath Dr. Mark Benbow Mr. Scott Forbes Mr. Hank Kaminski Mr. Gary Raffaele Mr. Dan Walters Mr. Francis Birchard Mr. Brian Fournier Mr. Michael Kania Mr. Edward Reiley Jr. Mr. Clyde Walton Mr. Ford Brockman Mr. Thomas Fowler Mr. Richard Krug Mr. Colin Revill Mr. Parker Williamson Mr. Rick Brown Mr. Edward Galston Mr. Jack Lapidos Mr. Robert Savarese Mr. William Wooding Mr. Ken Brownlee Ms. Lulu Gmoser Mr. Frank Lorah Mr. Herbert Schneider Mr. Paul Yurko Mr. Preston Bryant Mr. Hugh Goldie Mr. Bryan Lucier Mr. Bruce Seibel Mr. Vincent Budesa Mr. David Graham Mr. Donald Martin Mr. Charles Shores LCDR Paul Cornelius Mr. Norman Grant Mr. A. Michael Marzolla Mr. Douglas Smith Mr. and Mrs. Louis Costanza Mr. A. Green CAPT Earl Maxfield Jr. Mr. Donald Smith Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA September 19, 2019 PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MANIFEST • NUMBER 311 • FALL 2019 THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE has been continuously published Holland by The Steamship Historical HEINEKEN, America Society of America since fi rst Combination appearing as The Steamboat HEMLOCK Ships – Bill of Facts in 1940. Pacifi c THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL & HULA HOOPS Coast SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 by Terry Tilton ... 18 as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional historians interested in the history and development of steam navigation, past and present, and Mr. Nathaniel Ruda Dr. Timothy Runyan incorporated in the Commonwealth Mr. Richard Scarano Schneider Electric North of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt American Foundation education corporation. 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