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A clam day on the Delaware Bay as the Cape May-Lewes ferry b) SS DELAWARE is southbound on the Delaware Bay in route to Lewes, DE. She was built in Wilmington, DE at Pusey & Jones Shipyard in 1941 as the a) POCAHONTAS for the Virginia Ferry Corp. (VFC). The VFC ran ferries on the Cape Charles-Little Creek crossing of the lower Chesapeake Bay. She was 300' in length with a 65' beam, powered by two Skinner Uniflow steam engines with a total of 3800 SHP. Her operating speed was 14 knots and was capable of 18 knots. In 1957 she was cut in two at the Baltimore Shipyard, in Baltimore, MD, pulled apart and a 76 foot mid section added increasing her length to 376'. She could carry 120 auto's of the time (The fifties model cars were big.). With the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel she and four (Later five.) of her fleetmates went north to the Delaware Bay bought by the Delaware River & Bay Authority (DRBA) for a new run from Lewes, DE to North Cape May, NJ. DRBA built new vessels in the early 1970's and the old ferries were sold to Mascony Transport & Ferry Services Inc. for a proposed new run between Greenport, NY and New London, CT. Mascony got tied up in government red tape and was unable to get the required permits to operate. In the meantime the DELAWARE made her last run for DRBA on Sept 19 1974. After release from the DRBA she steamed to Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock in Norfolk, VA where she failed a Coast Guard inspection. For well over a year, maybe two she remained tied up at the shipyard unable to pay her bills. She was finally put up for auction with a $120,000 bill remaining to be paid, she was sold for $8,000. Later in the spring of 1977 she was towed over to Pinners Point in Portsmouth, VA where she was scrapped.
To Captain Bill Parks one of her former captains, this was his favorite boat. Acting as First Mate he took her up to Lewes, DE in 1962 for a trail run across the Delaware Bay with state officials and others. The governor of Delaware was allowed to steer the ship for a while. What better way to sell your boat, put the buyer behind the helm. Captain Parks now working for Curtis Bay Towing watched her daily from his tug as he saw his pride and joy being eaten away by the cutting torch.
Photo scanned from an old slide, not very good, date summer of 1967.
I've painted the cap to have a SS camo, just that I don't know wich is this camo (maybe SS dot camo, or is it invented? (I didn't take any image of reference, that's why)).
Tell me your opinion ;)
The 12.SS Panzer, with 20,540 personnel, first saw action on 7 June 1944 as part of the German defense of the Caen area during the Normandy campaign.
American muscle at its best! I captured this vintage Chevelle SS with my Olympus OM-1n 35mm film SLR, loaded with Kodak Tri-X black and white film. I used the 50mm f/1.8 Zuiko lens.
After getting negatives and prints back from the lab, I scanned the negative with my Epson V600 film scanner, matching the print.
Scratchbuilt model of liner SS America using basswood, brass. Purchased fittings included the Anchors, Chain, cast blocks, and anchor winch. This was built over the course of 4 years plus using very old Marine Model Company Plans (Now Bluejacket Shipcrafters) which have been long discontinued. Also plans and photographs from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company where the prototype was built. The interior of the liner is finished off on the shelter and prominade deck levels. It remains the largest model I have built at just over four feet. The SS President Coolidge is below in the back, The early Cunard Liner SS Servia is in the bottom front. All three were constructed in 1/16th scale. The photograph does not do them justice but I was loath to take them out of the case.
Taken on my Ensign Fulvueflex Synchroflash.
Shot on Fuji Pro 400H.
Taken when out and about in Bristol in October 2019.
The sign says "Booth where the SS man responsible for conducting the roll-call and collecting reports on the number of prisoners took shelter during inclement weather."
Of course, the prisoners weren't allowed to take shelter and were often required to stand outside in rain, snow, or freezing temperatures for hours at a time.
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Brunel's SS Great Britain was a first for shipping in many respects. First iron vessel, first screw propelled. Remarkably this design of propeller (although a replica) is almost as efficient as modern designs.
Built by: Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij. te Amsterdam
Keel: 1921
Launched: 1922
Completed: 9 april 1924
Length: 128.11 meter
Beam: 16.83 meter
Displacement: 5.955 ton
Engine: 2 x quadruple expansion Werkspoor
Power: 5.800 pk
Speed: 15.5 kn
Members of the elite formation 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" sporting the Wolfsangel on their vehicles.
I don't know the differences between the various models.
Seen at AACA Eastern Region Fall Meet, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 2009.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. Find more about the history of the ship in the Wikipedia at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Nieuw_Amsterdam_(1937)
She was scrapped in 1974.
The picture was taken in 1964 using a Contaflex.
Scan of a Kodachrome slide.