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SUMMARY:NY HARBOR CRUISE TO THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AND VISIT TO PORTSIDE NEW YORK
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, June 4th\, twenty PONY Branch members and friends embarked under sunny skies onboard the SEA DART II (an ex-U.S. Army Higgins 1953 T–Boat) for a trip up the East River to the American Merchant Marine Museum at Kings Point\, NY\, located on the grounds of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The museum is located on the North Shore of Long Island in an area formerly known as the “Gold Coast” because of the affluence of its residents at the turn of the 20th century. The museum officially opened as a permanent exhibition space in 1979 and is housed in “Elm Point\,” the mansion designed by Greville Rickard and built in 1929 for William Slocum Barstow\, an associate of Thomas Edison. Inside there are both permanent and temporary collections that trace and honor the history of the U.S. Merchant Marine\, the United States Merchant Marine Academy\, and the profession of seafaring. These include a 15–foot model of the United States Lines WASHINGTON\, a replica of the Hales Trophy (the original resided there until it was returned to Britain in 1990)\, a MacArthur “surrender sword”\, an extensive collection of shipboard service china\, and a new series of ship models that went on display in 2019. The museum as well as the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also found on the campus and the National Register is Wiley Hall\, formerly known as “Forker House\,” once the summer home of Walter P. Chrysler. \nPrior to departing from Red Hook\, Brooklyn on the SEA DART II\, we visited the 1938–built coastal tanker MARY A. WHALEN. It is the current home of PortSide New York\, an organization with the goal to connect New Yorkers to the benefits of New York Harbor. \n(USMMA photo)
URL:https://worldshipny.com/event/ny-harbor-cruise-to-the-u-s-merchant-marine-academy-and-visit-to-portside-new-york/
LOCATION:Clinton Wharf at Atlantic Basin\, Red Hook\, Brooklyn
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SUMMARY:THE FIVE LIVES OF THE FOUR ACESPresented by Doug Newman
DESCRIPTION:Although they are among the better-known passenger-cargo liners\, American Export Lines’ postwar “Four Aces”—EXCALIBUR\, EXOCHORDA\, EXETER\, and EXCAMBION—are nevertheless often seen as adjuncts of the express liners INDEPENDENCE and CONSTITUTION rather than important in their own right. Yet these four ships are notable in several ways. Rebuilt from WWII U.S. Navy attack transports as passenger-cargo liners for AEL’s service from the U.S. to the Mediterranean and as far as the Middle East\, they are exemplars of the many vessels converted from wartime to peacetime use after the war\, as well as of a mid-20th century U.S. Merchant Marine that was heavily subsidized partly in anticipation of yet another world war. They are also among the very earliest postwar liners\, both having entered service in 1948\, and represent the brief trend toward smaller passenger-cargo liners in the immediate postwar years. Lastly\, they represented the height of postwar modernity\, both as single-class ships with private facilities in every stateroom and as the world’s first fully air-conditioned liners\, as well as in their modernist art and design. At our June membership meeting\, PONY Branch Secretary Doug Newman explored the five lives of these four famous\, yet perhaps underappreciated\, liners. \n(Image courtesy of Wolfsonian-FIU)
URL:https://worldshipny.com/event/the-five-lives-of-the-four-acespresented-by-doug-newman/
LOCATION:The Rehearsal Hall at the National Opera Center & Via Zoom\, 330 Seventh Ave (at West 29th Street)\, 7th Floor\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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