You can find historic films from our collection on our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/@shiphistory. Subscribe to stay up to date on our #shiphistory films.
Did you know that some of our members are also authors? Here are just some of the books. We are proud of the collective knowledge our members bring to our organization.
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She was officially stricken from Naval records in the fall of 1945 and scrapped at Port Newark, NJ between October 1946 and December 1948.
Image: "Normandie Fire," silk screen print by artist Ernest Hopf, 1942. SSHSA Art Collection.
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth! Visit shiphistory.org/category/bla... to find free, standards-aligned lesson plans. #MaritimeHistory #shiphistory #blackhistory
Visit shiphistory.org/gift-a-membe... to give the gift of #shiphistory this #blackfriday!
With our 90th anniversary and Veteran's Day landing in the same week, we wanted to highlight a founding member who also served in World War II. R. Loren Graham was fascinated with steamboats from an early age, living in Boston and on the North Shore.
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#OnThisDay in 1956, SSHSA members pose in front of the steam tug BALTIMORE after a tour onboard. This year, our 90th for the organization, we continue to have group activities for our friends and supporters planned!
Image: Edward O. Clark Collection, SSHSA Archives.
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Bunk with bedspread with FBC monogram woven into the pattern.
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This photo of a seaman's cabin on a collier built and owned by the Britsh Electricity Authority has a bedspread with a monogram 'FBC' that seems to be unrelated to the ship's owners.
Any thoughts on what company this might represent? Circa 1950-70.
On February 21, 1920, the Imperator made her first voyage from Liverpool to New York under the Cunard flag. The following year, Cunard changed her name to Berengaria.
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Find this Common Core Standards-aligned lesson plan at shiphistory.org/2023/02/15/f....
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Some claim that Titanic was never S.S. but only R.M.S. Titanic. Is that true? Captain Titanic investigates!
youtu.be/ADpRTYB706I
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Was the Titanic cursed because its hull number read "no pope" backwards? Captain Titanic investigates the claim.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBR6...
#Titanic #TitanicCurse #TitanicInvestigation #CaptainTitanic #ShipHistory #MaritimeHistory #Superstition #NoPopeCurse
RT askhistorians "Did the Greeks and Romans name their ships as we do? https://redd.it/48gt0f #ShipHistory #NavalHist"