Through recording, preserving, and educating, the mission of the SSHSA is to share the impact of engine-powered vessels to future generations.
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Jun 12
#OnThisDay in 1971, Joseph F. Braun took this photo from Weehawken, New Jersey, of the Cunard liner FRANCONIA with Manhattan in the background. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
See other digitized images from this collection at bit.ly/BraunBrothersCollecti….
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Jun 11
Visit the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship, Nuclear Ship Savannah, as part of the Sail250® Maryland and Airshow Baltimore events taking place from June 24 - 30.
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There will be limited weekday parking on the pier & a free shuttle bus from Fells Point during the weekend. There will be no food provided at the event, but you can bring your own. Please note no open-toed shoes, & the ship has limited accessibility for those with disabilities.
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Learn more at ns-savannah.com/event-detail….
Image: NS Savannah built by the US government as part of the Atoms for peace program. Photographed at 44th Street Pier on North River on April 6, 1968. Braun Brothers Collection, SSHSA Archives.
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Jun 10
New Englanders: Mark your calendars!! Join us on Fri. June 19 for an open house at the Ship History Center from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 2500 Post Rd, Warwick, RI, 02886.
There will be tours, a selfie station, deck games, a coloring station, a scavenger hunt, a used book sale, & more!
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Jun 9
Today is #InternationalArchivesDay, and we wanted to share some exciting news. We've recently acquired the Joe Hack Collection. Hack was a naval architect renowned for his work designing tugs and barges. He began his draftsman work in the early 1940s.
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Jun 9
This collection includes 150 tubes of blueprints, as well as binders and folders of drawings, notes, and calculations. Special thanks to Eric Takakjian for facilitating this donation and building custom shelving units to store the plans in their tubes.
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Jun 9
Our archives team continues to stabilize, arrange, and describe this collection, and we look forward to sharing more about Hack's legacy with the world.
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Jun 8
It's #WorldOceansDay! Celebrate by joining SSHSA & get PowerShips as a member benefit: shiphistory.org/join/. Through recording, preserving, and educating, our mission is to share the impact of engine-powered vessels, their crews, and their passengers with future generations.
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Jun 8
Each issue is produced in full color and packed with exciting and informative features on maritime subjects that bring the past to life.
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Jun 8
PowerShips includes regional columns from across the US & overseas, special columns on cruise ships, yachts, tugboats, reviews of newly published maritime books & much more.
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Jun 5
Father's Day is almost here! Give the father figure in your life a membership to SSHSA. Membership is more than just a subscription. It's a link connecting the past to the future. Then purchase a gift membership in time for Father's Day at shiphistory.org/shop/.
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For a full list of member benefits see: shiphistory.org/member-benef….
Image: Development Associate Sydney Austin's father at the Yankee Steam Up.
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Jun 4
With documented pledges counted in full toward the Posner Challenge, we have now reached $71,450 of our $75,000 goal. We need your help to unlock the Posner Foundation’s $75,000 matching gift. What if your contribution was the one that helped carry us across the finish line?
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Jun 4
Donate today at shiphistory.org/fullahead/.
*Please note that although pledge commitments are counted in full toward the Posner Challenge, they are not reflected in their full amounts on the Posner Challenge Meter.
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Jun 3
#OnThisDay in 1911, the Fabre Line’s MADONNA sailed from Marseilles, France, then on to Italy, the Azores, and to Providence, Rhode Island, and New York. Between 1911 and 1914, the Fabre Line carried 30,000 passengers to Providence, most of them immigrants.
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Jun 3
Learn more and watch a film about Italian Immigration to Providence through the eyes of Gerardo D’Amico in our free, standards-aligned lesson plan at shiphistory.org/2017/07/10/i….
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