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SUMMARY:YARMOUTH CASTLE BURNING***ENCORE ZOOM PRESENTATION*** Presented by Erik Takakjian
DESCRIPTION:Of 552 people aboard for a weekend roundtrip between Miami and Nassau\, on November 13\, 1965\, a total of 94 would perish when the cruise liner SS YARMOUTH CASTLE caught fire and sank near Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas. Although the survival of over 450 people from the inferno was nothing short of a miracle\, this tragedy marks the deadliest passenger ship disaster off the coast of the United States since the burning of the liner SS MORRO CASTLE off New Jersey in 1934. \nIn his presentation\, Eric will review details of the tragedy and the subsequent accident investigation that eventually changed U.S. and international standards for the construction and operations of passenger ships\, and what became of the Yarmouth Steamship Company and its leadership. \nEric Takakjian is the master of the CHINCOTEAGUE\, a 504-foot\, oceangoing articulated tug and barge engaged in the coastwide petroleum transportation trade. He has been sailing ships and oceangoing tugboats to various corners of the world since 1978. Eric and his wife\, Lori\, owned and operated the oceanographic research vessel QUEST for 17 years\, conducting oceanographic and shipwreck research in the northeastern United States. He has conducted extensive historical research on the naval history of the region. A diver since 1972 and an avid shipwreck diver since 1975\, he has been a National Fellow of the Explorers Club since 1997. Eric also has been a member of the Steamship Historical Society of America since 1989\, now serving on its board of directors. \nIf you missed Eric’s presentation at our November virtual membership meeting\, or would like to see it again\, we encourage you to join us for this encore showing at 10:00 AM (ET) on Saturday\, January 10\, 2026.
URL:https://worldshipny.com/event/yarmouth-castle-burningencore-zoom-presentation-presented-by-erik-takakjian/
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SUMMARY:THE ORIGINAL CHELSEA PIERS - NEW YORK'S MARITIME GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL Presented by William Roka
DESCRIPTION:Today the lonely iron arch of Pier 54 is an often-ignored reminder of what was New York’s Grand Central Terminal of the Hudson River waterfront\, the original Chelsea Piers complex that extended from Little 12th Street to 23rd Street that saw millions of immigrants and some of the wealthiest people in the world brought to New York City by ocean liners to this docking on the Hudson. But how did it work? Thousands of passengers and pieces of luggage\, supplies\, mail\, and cargo had to be loaded and unloaded. How did the ships prepare to depart or dock\, and what did the passengers experience as they departed for or returned from their voyages overseas? This illustrated presentation will explore this extraordinary period of New York’s waterfront\, now nearly forgotten and unknown. \nWilliam Roka is the Director of Programs at Village Preservation. He is also an independent historian and writer. His research\, presented at conferences in the United Kingdom\, Argentina\, Australia\, and across the United States\, has focused on the history of travel and ocean liners in the early 20th century. William is also a WSS-PONY Branch Board member.
URL:https://worldshipny.com/event/the-original-chelsea-piers-new-yorks-maritime-grand-central-terminal-presented-by-william-roka/
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