Cruising The Past Cruise News 
THE CITY OF ROME – Constructed of iron, clipper stem, three funnels, four masts, single screw and a speed of 16 knots. There was accommodation for 271-1st, 250-2nd and 810-3rd class passengers. She was considered by many to be the most beautiful steamer ever built and was one of the ... Read More »
SS NORMANDIE – on film
Great youTUBE look at the French Line’s SS NORMANDIE. Probably the greatest ocean liner of all times. Read More »
UNITED STATES LINES – New York to California and Mexico – $250 first class and up – s.s. MANHATTAN and s.s. WASHINGTON
With World War 2 on the horizon, in 1940 the US Lines was operating cruises to Mexico and California because very few Americans were traveling to Europe. It was quite a bargain. Read More »
AMERICAN PASSENGER FLEET IN THE 1950s – 46 Ships! Today there are three large cruise ships flying the American Flag while 80% of the cruise market is in the USA. Talk about outsourcing!
Cruise Line History – PANAMA PACIFIC LINES finished – From 1938 TIME MAGAZINE
Many American flag steamship lines — APL, Matson, Moore-McCormick, Grace, etc. — faced a similar fate as Panama Pacific Lines did when the US withdrew their mail and operating subsidies to carry military personnel in the 1960s. The same fate happened to the American railway system in the late 1960s ... Read More »
Cruise Line History – The ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY – 1930s
The ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY – Passenger Liners 1952 The ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY Passenger Liners – 1935 Passengers on deck enjoying shuffleboard aboard an Alaska Steamship Line steamer in the1930s. En route from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Steamship Company poster – 1930s HISTORY of the Alaska Steamship Company. Regular ... Read More »
CRUISE LINE HISTORY – Around The World aboard American President Lines – first class – 1960 – $2500 per person
Cruise Line History – Traveling in Style aboard the AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES The second President Hoover was built in 1939 as the Panama for the Panama Lines service from New York, via Haiti, carrying 216 first class passengers and cargo. She was sold to American President Lines in 1957, renamed ... Read More »
ELDER DEMPSTER LINE – One of the UK’s largest shipping companies…
ELDER DEMPSTER & COMPANY – ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST SHIPPING COMPANIES… In 1868 John Dempster went into partnership with Alexander Elder, the brother of the eminent Glasgow shipbuilder, John, to act as Liverpool agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Company of Glasgow. The company’s vessels were constructed ... Read More »
Cruise History: THE DELTA LINE
AMERICA’S FIRST POST-WAR LINERS OF THE 1940’s Courtesy James L. Shaw – SM Aug/86 Delta Line’s DEL SUD, one of the three passenger/cargo liners which helped re-establish U.S. trade to South America after the Second World War. Note the dummy ‘funnel’ and twin exhaust uptakes. The Mississippi Shipping Company of ... Read More »
CRUISE LINE HISTORY
CRUISE LINE HISTORY is a historical and contemporary look at cruise ships, ocean liners and Pullman streamliners. From the 1930s through the 1960s and how it relates to the present. Examining the glamour of traveling prior to 747s and the “Love Boat” mentality. Looking at a “retro” period when there ... Read More »