{"id":517,"date":"2020-01-15T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/?p=517"},"modified":"2020-01-15T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T18:28:18","slug":"steamship-historic-society-of-america-warwick-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SPEAKER SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES LINES<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/E-RI-STEAMSHIPS-th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Three-part series will kick off on February 1<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It may not feel like Fourth of July outside right now, but the Ship History Center is going to have a distinctly American flair for the next several months. Part of the Steamship Historical Society of America\u2019s upcoming Ocean Liner Gala V celebration of the United States Lines, the Warwick nonprofit is hosting a round of exhilarating stories about some of the greatest ships to fly the Star-Spangled Banner.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The three-program event will lead off with &#8220;SS Leviathan &#8211; America&#8217;s Grandest Ocean Liner,&#8221; featuring Richard Rabbett, former SSHSA board member and longtime supporter.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When: Saturday, February 1, 10:30 a.m.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Where: Ship History Center, 2500 Post Road, Warwick<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Register: <a style=\"color: #00004e;\" href=\"mailto:blucier@sshsa.org\"><span style=\"color: #ce0000;\">blucier@sshsa.org<\/span><\/a>, 401-463-3570<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Leviathan marked the resurgence of the U.S. Merchant Marine at the end of World War I. Originally launched as\u00a0<\/b><\/span><em style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;\">Vaterland<\/em><span style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>, the second of a trio of massive liners built by Germany, the ship was seized by the United States in 1917 and <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>re-purposed<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>\u00a0as the American troopship USS\u00a0<\/b><\/span><em style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;\">Leviathan<\/em><span style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>\u00a0during the Great War. Ultimately ceded to the United States as war reparations,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><em style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;\">Leviathan<\/em><span style=\"color: #00004e; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>\u00a0underwent the most extensive &#8211; and expensive &#8211; ship reconditioning effort attempted at that time, emerging as America\u2019s Queen of the Seas. She proudly served as the flagship of the newly established U.S. Lines from 1923-1938.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Richard Rabbett is the Director of Faculty Affairs for the dental school at Boston University. He was a founding board member of the SS United States Conservancy, which now owns the SS\u00a0<em>United States<\/em>, and seeks to preserve her for future generations. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in history, with honors, from Boston University and owns one of the largest private collections of ephemera from the SS\u00a0<em>Vaterland<\/em>\/<em>Leviathan<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. This is a great chance to visit the Ship History Center if you haven&#8217;t been here for a while and to meet with some of your fellow ship lovers. Future programs in the U.S. Lines series will include \u201cThe SS\u00a0<em>United States<\/em>: Origins, Triumphs and Future Prospects\u201d with SS United States Conservancy Executive Director Susan Gibbs on Saturday, April 4, and \u201cThe Founding of United States Lines: A Tale for its Time\u201d with former U.S. Lines executive Douglas Tilden on Friday, May 1. Register now for any of the programs by calling SSHSA at 401-463-3570 or emailing\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ce0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ce0000;\" href=\"mailto:blucier@sshsa.org\">blucier@sshsa.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">About SSHSA:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #00004e;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Steamship Historical Society of America was founded in 1935 by seven amateur steamship historians. Eighty years later, it has grown to become the world\u2019s leading organization on the history of engine-powered vessels, with close to 2,500 domestic and international members in more than a dozen countries.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPEAKER SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES LINES Three-part series will kick off on February 1 It may not feel like Fourth of July outside right now, but the Ship History Center is going to have a distinctly American flair for the next several months. Part of the Steamship Historical Society of America\u2019s<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/?p=517\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/?author=1"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dodgemillmuseum.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"SPEAKER SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES LINES Three-part series will kick off on February 1 It may not feel like Fourth of July outside right now, but the Ship History Center is going to have a distinctly American flair for the next several months. 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