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Topic: Oceanic

Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-09-2009 01:20 PM

Beautiful old pics of the Oceanic and others from Flickr.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 11-09-2009 01:40 PM

What is so amazing about the stunning Oceanic is that she has'nt been damaged by any major exterior alterations over the years. The pics of her anchored w/Nieuw Amsterdam and Homeric are beautiful. Back in the day when passenger ships were often unique and always interesting to look at!

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 11-09-2009 09:54 PM

Thanks a lot for posting these pictures.
It is always fascinating to see photos like that: A ship still in service next to legends like Niew Amsterdam!
The photo of her at New York of course reminds me of her return to New York this year. Fortunately I was allowed to visit her and to take some pictures. It was very surreal to see her on the Hudson in 2009 (!) next to a retired (!!!) Concorde (yes, I know, that photo is not nearly as good as the one posted above).

VIDEO CLIPS OF OCEANIC AT NEW YORK

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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 11-10-2009 12:06 AM

I wonder why they changed the one enclosed lifeboat to an open boat ?

Got to love the car in the last pic - classic.

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 11-10-2009 12:53 AM

i use to have a convertible of that car...lincoln continental...black with red interior...loved her, but man did she burn the fuel...great ride...jeff

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 11-10-2009 01:17 PM

Nice photos Thad and Ernst, thanks for sharing.

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SSTRAVELER
First Class Passenger
Member # 15170

posted 11-10-2009 01:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mike sa:
I wonder why they changed the one enclosed lifeboat to an open boat ?

The enclosed boat was a tender from the days of Home Lines where she tendered in the Caribbean ports. They were removed in more recent years to increase total passenger capacity in the boats plus those tenders were worn out and having issues even in the 1980s.

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TampaMike
First Class Passenger
Member # 4445

posted 11-19-2009 07:29 PM

Oceanic did have a collision in the fog leaving New York. I believe it was around 1982. The collision with a freighter punctured the bow, just below the medallion on the bow.

I will try to find a pic showing the hurried repair.

She also had a boiler explosion after being in Genoa for repairs and boiler retubing in her late Premier days. The explosion blew out some hull plates on the side of the ship.

Still, Oceanic has one of the best built hulls with great lines and it has held up so very well.

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TampaMike
First Class Passenger
Member # 4445

posted 11-19-2009 08:03 PM

I found the pics. I cannot host them here however.

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Rego007
First Class Passenger
Member # 4632

posted 11-20-2009 01:09 AM

Mike,

Can you email those photos or can we see them elsewhere?

Also, what were the circumstances with the collision? You know any further details? I've always heard that it happened, but never anything more than that. Same thing with the boiler explosion.

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TampaMike
First Class Passenger
Member # 4445

posted 11-20-2009 08:22 AM

Excerpt from the court proceedings:
Troutman Sanders LLP Atlanta, GA and Siemens Corporation, New York, NY. Advisor to Siemens Corp concerning Premier Cruise Lines and the $10M in damages to three boilers on the cruise ship SS OCEANIC (the Big Red Boat), Premier Cruise Lines, Ltd.,Inc v. Siemens AG, US District Court, Orlando, FL. Case surrounded the work accomplished on the main boiler control system in the Fincantieri Shipyard in Genoa,Italy, and the actions of the Greek crew members in reacting to a severe engineering casualty. Plaintiff argued that Siemens main feed pump motor controller was cause.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 11-20-2009 09:51 AM

Very nice pictures certainly the first 2. To think that Holland America have tried to buy Oceanic while under construction to replace Nieuw Amsterdam. But Home Lines said no, not knowing that years later they found them selfs subject fore a buy out by..... HAL.

Thanks fore sharing Ben.

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nycruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 960

posted 11-22-2009 01:08 AM

Interesting....in the last photo of the Oceanic from 2009 her name on the bow has stayed the same since her Premier days back in 1985 or so. I sailed her in '87 and that font was used for the names of Premier Cruise Line ships.

Took my 1st cruise on her

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 11-22-2009 12:13 PM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

The official name for the ship is now ' The Oceanic '

' The ' has been added above the name on her hull and also above her name on the superstructure !

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Guest
First Class Passenger
Member # 1157

posted 11-24-2009 02:28 AM

Here's some shots of her in 2008 in Naples:

Click Here.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 11-24-2009 08:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nycruiser:
Interesting....in the last photo of the Oceanic from 2009 her name on the bow has stayed the same since her Premier days back in 1985 or so. I sailed her in '87 and that font was used for the names of Premier Cruise Line ships.
Took my 1st cruise on her

I also find it interesting that the "Tiki Hut" or whatever you want to call it has been retained on the aft deck. It has always seemed to me to be the most temporary looking area of the ship - but has been a fixture since her Premier Days.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 11-25-2009 12:36 AM

The OCEANIC has aged well over the years. Hopefully she will sail for many years to come

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Indarra
First Class Passenger
Member # 6005

posted 12-16-2009 07:37 AM

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