Wednesday, October 7, 2020 – All aboard for a memory filled afternoon afloat on your Transatlantic voyage
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
OUR 176th ISSUE
OF
FROM THE ARCHIVES
GREAT SHIPS THAT
SAILED FROM NEW YORK HARBOR
LINED UP ON THE WEST SIDE
1939 Ocean Liners in New York City Harbor New York City photo of various international ocean liners in New York Harbor during the tension filled early days of WWII in Europe. The following ships are shown: Bremen (German), Normandie (French), Aquitania (British) and Roma (Italian). PHOTOGRAPHER / CREDIT: United States Information Agency
Ocean Liners At NYC Dock
New York, New York c. 1932A lineup of ships in the harbor. Near the center are the passenger liners, SS Normandie and SS Bremen.
ITALIAN LINE
THE Queens of the 1960’s ITALIAN Line :
SS Andrea Doria 29083 GRT Ansaldo Shipyards, Italy 1953–1956 capsized and sank on 25 July 1956 after colliding with MS Stockholm
SS Cristoforo Colombo 29191 ,
SS Leonardo da Vinci ,
T/S Michelangelo,
T/S Raffaello
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE
The grand pier where you waited to greet the arrivals.
Ready for as many as 4 ships to arrive at once
RMS QUEEN MARY
Located to the west of the West Side Highway (Eleventh Avenue) and Hudson River Park and to the east of the Hudson River, they were originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of the RMS Carpathia after rescuing the survivors of the RMS Titanic. The piers replaced a variety of run-down waterfront structures with a row of grand buildings embellished with pink granite facades.
The Carpathia is pictured below
RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 1939
RMS MAURITANIA 1939
RED STAR LINE
The Red Star Line was a shipping line founded in 1871 as a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgium. The company’s main ports of call were Antwerp[1][2] in Belgium, Liverpool and Southampton[1] in the United Kingdom and New York City[1] and Philadelphia[3] in the United States.
UNITED STATES LINE
S.S. UNITED STATES 1950’S, The fastest ship to cross the Atlantic in just over 3 years. It is sitting in Philadelphia awaiting funding for restoration.
GRACE LINE
S.S. SANTA PAULA 1932
FRENCH LINE
The most grand way to travel. The Normandie caught fire in NY and was destroyed.
Ile de France arriving in New York
S.S.France, the last of the grand dames. She was too late for the grand days of sailing.
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EDITORIAL
I have been working at the Javits Center and wondering about the next edition of FROM THE ARCHIVES.
Just beyond was the Hudson River and the tales of the great shops who sailed to our city. Enjoy the images and picture grand Bon Voyage parties before the ship sailed.
I have sailed on a few of the ships pictured. Which ones?
JUDITH BERDY
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Text by Judith Berdy
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