SOS - Save our Ship
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God forbid! Why take a cruise without "alcholhol"?
(But it does look like you've had a couple...:hehe: )
Re the 'Blue Ribbnand'
Yes that's exactly right the last passenger liner to secure the 'Blue Ribband' was the U.S.S. United States.
But an attempt to regain the 'Blue Ribband' by Britain or France was never attempted, due to the fact that the trans Atlantic route was now being slowly taken over by the jet airliner. A for more economical and speedier arrangement than the previous piston engined powered airliners.
And believe it or not, another British first. The first regular trans-Atlantic air route by jet was served by B.O.A.C. via the Comet4B I believe.
Yes that's exactly right the last passenger liner to secure the 'Blue Ribband' was the U.S.S. United States.
But an attempt to regain the 'Blue Ribband' by Britain or France was never attempted, due to the fact that the trans Atlantic route was now being slowly taken over by the jet airliner. A for more economical and speedier arrangement than the previous piston engined powered airliners.
And believe it or not, another British first. The first regular trans-Atlantic air route by jet was served by B.O.A.C. via the Comet4B I believe.
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Password...?Ahhh...so this is where the off topic forum is hiding.....good choice....mods never show up here. Kind of a speak-easy....
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http://smallcraftnavigation.ning.com
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The SS United States Conservancy, Foundation, as well as the Save the Classic Liners Campaign have launched the Coalition to Save the SS United States. This is the first time that everyone has gotten together for a common goal. We came to realize that as individuals and separate groups, the ship is lost. But as a single organization, we have a chance at succeeding.
We had a conference call on Tuesday evening, I thought it went well. We are now working on both short term and long term plans for the ship, goals, and action on 4 fronts, Media, Legislative, Direct and Business, all on both a short term and long term time scale. We will be working with NCL....hopefully, to preserve the ship. The current asking price is $20 Million....which is inflated in my opinion, its $18 Million more then they spent on the ship, and $16 Million more then they paid for the SS Independence, which was operating until 2001, and was complete with interior. So hopefully that price will go down.
So, a lot is happening. Steve Ujifusa has set up a blog for the Coalition, but we are still working on it (its only been up for less then a day) but once it is up and going, it will be a good place to check for updates.
http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/SSUS/blog/
We had a conference call on Tuesday evening, I thought it went well. We are now working on both short term and long term plans for the ship, goals, and action on 4 fronts, Media, Legislative, Direct and Business, all on both a short term and long term time scale. We will be working with NCL....hopefully, to preserve the ship. The current asking price is $20 Million....which is inflated in my opinion, its $18 Million more then they spent on the ship, and $16 Million more then they paid for the SS Independence, which was operating until 2001, and was complete with interior. So hopefully that price will go down.
So, a lot is happening. Steve Ujifusa has set up a blog for the Coalition, but we are still working on it (its only been up for less then a day) but once it is up and going, it will be a good place to check for updates.
http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/SSUS/blog/
amigacooke
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Good luck, united you stand.
my turn
its not a ship because here on the lakes we call them boats. A good example of one that needs saving is the BOB-LO boat COLUMBIA. the columbia was launched on may 10th 1902 and she was latter joined by the STE Claire in 1910. for nearly 80 years until labor day 1991 the boblo boats cruised up and down the detroit river in 1991 on september 2nd the boats where retired from service the boats sat in limbo for many years at nicholson terminal in ecorse but in 2001 the ste claire was bought and to this day has gone through a ownership change this time the ste claire will be restored and is due to start service for cruises only (BOBLO AMUSEMNT PARK CLOSED IN 1993) on MAY 7th 2010. the sad part is that the columbia now well over a 100+years in age has sat rotting of course she has a new owner who is going to have restored and run on the hudson river in new york but not much has been done except removal of asbestos. i'm worried because i don't want either of the boats to share the fates of the Aquarama or the lansdowne. they are both rare boats and are both powered by steam.
:'( 
j0yes
its not a ship because here on the lakes we call them boats. A good example of one that needs saving is the BOB-LO boat COLUMBIA. the columbia was launched on may 10th 1902 and she was latter joined by the STE Claire in 1910. for nearly 80 years until labor day 1991 the boblo boats cruised up and down the detroit river in 1991 on september 2nd the boats where retired from service the boats sat in limbo for many years at nicholson terminal in ecorse but in 2001 the ste claire was bought and to this day has gone through a ownership change this time the ste claire will be restored and is due to start service for cruises only (BOBLO AMUSEMNT PARK CLOSED IN 1993) on MAY 7th 2010. the sad part is that the columbia now well over a 100+years in age has sat rotting of course she has a new owner who is going to have restored and run on the hudson river in new york but not much has been done except removal of asbestos. i'm worried because i don't want either of the boats to share the fates of the Aquarama or the lansdowne. they are both rare boats and are both powered by steam.
:'( j0yes
its not a ship because here on the lakes we call them boats. A good example of one that needs saving is the BOB-LO boat COLUMBIA. the columbia was launched on may 10th 1902 and she was latter joined by the STE Claire in 1910. for nearly 80 years until labor day 1991 the boblo boats cruised up and down the detroit river in 1991 on september 2nd the boats where retired from service the boats sat in limbo for many years at nicholson terminal in ecorse but in 2001 the ste claire was bought and to this day has gone through a ownership change this time the ste claire will be restored and is due to start service for cruises only (BOBLO AMUSEMNT PARK CLOSED IN 1993) on MAY 7th 2010. the sad part is that the columbia now well over a 100+years in age has sat rotting of course she has a new owner who is going to have restored and run on the hudson river in new york but not much has been done except removal of asbestos. i'm worried because i don't want either of the boats to share the fates of the Aquarama or the lansdowne. they are both rare boats and are both powered by steam.
j0yes
The lansdowne is a different case, that ferry was destroyed long ago. By the time she actually sank, the only thing of Value was the skytop lounge cars, and those had been heavily modified with holes in the wall.
She was stripped to nothing, and there was really nothing of the ship left to save.
HMVS Cerberus
Here's another old ship that's fallen on hard times. The official web site describes HMVS Cerberus thus:
Here's another old ship that's fallen on hard times. The official web site describes HMVS Cerberus thus:
- Launched in 1868 Cerberus is the only remaining monitor class warship left in the world. Cerberus not only has its hull but also its gun turrets and its guns.
- Cerberus was the first of the modern battleships.
- Preceding HMS Devastation by almost three years, Cerberus was the first British warship to dispense completely with sail power and to incorporate the shallow draft.
- Cerberus was the first, and is the only remaining example, of a Monitor having a central superstructure.
- The design for the Cerberus was the first in the world to incorporate the combination of a central superstructure with fore and aft gun turrets.