PowerShips & Steamboat Bill

This issue features "Vessels of the Virginia Ferry Corporation, 1930-1956" by William L. Baxter and Part II of Larry Driscoll's The SS United States: The Last Queen of the Merchant Marine," as well as an interview with officers of the Ivory.  Also, read about the Union Army's procurement of vessels during the Civil War, complete with spectacular photographs from the Civil War era.  Catch up on what's going on in your region and read reviews of the latest maritime history books.

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This issue of PowerShips highlights "The Shanghai Incident" when the President Hoover found herself caught up in another war in Asia as the U.S. entered WWII. "The Other Scharnhorst" tells of the German liner 15 years after the end of WWI, known for its notable innovations.  The cover story features the pioneering New York commuter steamboat Sylvan Dell.  Also featured in this issue is an update on the steamship Shieldhall, and the final installment of Larry Driscoll's series on the SS United States, "Troublesome Times."

Full Color, 86 pages.

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For those interested in not only the Titanic but also the White Star Line, we are also offering a Collector's Set with three issues that contain articles on the infamous line that produced the doomed vessel.

The set includes the following:

Winter 1958, #68 - "The North Atlantic in the 1870s" by N.R.P. Bonsor
Winter 1962, #84 - "Fifty Years Ago on the North Atlantic" by Charles McCombs
Spring 1967, #101 - "Britannic - The Queen That Never Reigned" by John H. Shaum, Jr.

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Uncover the ugly truth behind the Titanic. In "The Final Board of Inquiry: The Cold Case Investigation into the Loss of the Steamship Titanic;" Commander Richard R. Paton, a former Coast Guard Investigation Officer, “officially investigates one of history's worst ship disasters and presents the results of his investigation to you, the jury.

See why financier J.P. Morgan’s attempts to control ocean traffic between Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th century ended in failure, in Louis C. Kleber’s revealing story, "The Titanic Helps Sink the International Mercantile Marine Company."

Discover why the Titanic, Olympic and Britannic could be considered the first “green” vessels.

Learn about the wooden steam schooners that were built to service the lumber trade in the tiny dog-hole ports of coastal California and southern Oregon in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Read about the extraordinary discovery of the steamship SS Newcastle City, recently found lying on the ocean floor where she sank 121 years before.

...and more!

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As part of our recognition of the 100th anniversary of Titanic's sinking, we are offering a Collector's Set ofSteamboat Bill issues with intriguing articles on the Titanic.  Dating back to 1972, thirteen years before Robert Ballard discovered her final resting place, these articles provide many viewpoints and stir up discussion on several aspects of this tragedy that has captivated the world for a century.

The set includes the following:

*Spring 1972, #121 - "Was Titanic Unsafe At Any Speed?" by Colin Carmichael
Spring 1981, #157 - "Search for Titanic" by Jack Shaum
Spring 1994, #209 - "Wireless and the Ships at Sea" by Henry G. Pettitt
Spring 2001, #237 - "Titanic-From a Different Angle" by Edwin L. Dunbaugh
*Winter 2006, #260 - "The Early Days of Wireless at Sea" by Louis C. Kleber
(*Issues are printed from scans due to short supply)

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Issue #276 includes "Prides, Clippers, and Seabees: New Freighters for the Lykes Bros. Steamship Company;" "A Voyage to the Roof of the World" along Norway's rugged coast; and a history of one of the most famous American lightships, the Nantucket lightship LV-112.

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In Issue No. 277, the cover story revisits the careers of two of the last deep-sea passenger liners built in the U.S. - the Argentina and Brasil. Also in Issue 277, the Boblo steamer Columbia returns to operation in Michigan; Maersk Line's latest container ship, Great Lakes steamship museums, the three Cunard Queens in NYC, the Mary Woods 2, and an update on the SS United States.

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This issue includes the first installment of our in-depth look at the career of the liner United States.  Also featured are cargo liners, Q-ships, the loss of the Cunard liner Oregon, and ongoing efforts to preserve the Spanish-American War-era cruiser Olympia. 

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