The MILLERGRAM – Spring 2026 Edition
In this spring issue of The Millergram, there is a look at Cunard and Operation Sail 2026 in New York…
CruiseNews is proud to reprint William H. Miller‘s dispatches with permission. Heard Along the Promenade Deck draws from Miller’s Scribblings, Lives of the Liners, and Millergram. Known as “Mr. Ocean Liner,” he is a leading American maritime historian and author and has written 125 books and 1,000 articles on ocean liners and cruise ships, including Doomed Ships and The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners. Miller created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum and taught “The Ocean Liner” at the New School in Manhattan. He has appeared in documentaries such as SS United States: Lady in Waiting and lectured aboard more than 75 cruise ships. His work has earned him numerous honors in maritime history. Many of Mr. Miller’s book titles can be seen HERE.
In this spring issue of The Millergram, there is a look at Cunard and Operation Sail 2026 in New York…
Bermuda Memories “My very first cruise was my honeymoon – and 50 years ago,” remembered Eleanor. “We sailed on the Doric…
Printing Presses With our next book (On All the Seven Seas) having its debut this winter, the mail includes the…
Italian Memory “My father was an engineer working at Port Tewfik in Egypt. One morning [Dec. 1994], the Italian liner Achille…
At sea and bound for Los Angeles … and a meeting, another rendezvous, with the Queen Mary on Monday morning. The MILLERGRAM…
Style A guest from New York City noted: “I prefer Cunard for lots of reasons but mostly because it is still…
Getting Ready The United States is almost ready to be sunk as an artificial reef – here is the current…
Fates & Fortunes They were four of the best kept and maintained ships on the seas – the United States,…
First Voyage 64 years ago (Nov 1961) and my first voyage – onboard the German liner Hanseatic. It was a…
Owned by Britain’s Royal Mail Lines, it and her sister Alcantara were among the very finest liners on the South…