Summers Chasing Ships and Seas
Fifty Years Ago It was summer vacation from school teaching and an August cruise seemed just right. So, a fellow…
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.
Fifty Years Ago It was summer vacation from school teaching and an August cruise seemed just right. So, a fellow…
The Big Three Holland America Line and its wonderful ships are a great favorite. They were, after all, virtually in my…
Anniversary The late Mary Tyler Moore would be proud: the Asuka II turned 35 in July. The ship, operated by Japan’s…
Published quarterly, MILLERGRAM invites readers to journey through a history of ocean liners with maritime historian Bill Miller. Proudly reprinted…
Shoreside Remembrance Last month, on the 69th anniversary, an exhibition themed to the Italian liner Andrea Doria and its tragic…
Peace Boat The latest version, the former Sun Princess, visited New York this summer. An earlier ship, the chartered Topaz, had…
All Aboard in Reykjavik! Silversea’s Silver Shadow is like an impeccably run club – 350 passengers looked after by 300…
Red, White and Blue! Early summer marks the anniversaries of several exciting milestones for the legendary SS United States. On…
Statues & Skyscrapers! Tuesday, June 10, New York: Beginning at 10:30, I did the narration (from the wheelhouse of Silver…
Friendly chat over drinks with Capt. Luigi Rutigliano, Master of Silver Shadow A native of Genoa, he began with Italy’s…