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B+W aerial photo of the S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America Line docking at Fifth St. pier, Hoboken after her maiden voyage, Sept. 11, 1959.

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Black-and-white aerial photo of the S.S. Rotterdam of Holland America Line docking at Fifth Street pier, Hoboken after her maiden voyage, September 11, 1959. 8" x 10" wide print. Photographer not indicated. Reverse blank. Printed presentation leaf commemorating the ship and maiden voyage from Moran Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. See notes for full text. View is northeast with four tugboats seen during the docking procedure. The Rotterdam (5) was only in Hoboken a brief time before moving to a new pier on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River as discussed in the presentation text. ==== Adriaan P.L Roggeveen Collection. Gift of Robert Roggeveen. Provenance: Collection of Adriaan P.L. Roggeveen. He was the former Operations Manager of Holland America operations in Hoboken, retiring in 1953. ---- ocean liner / transportation /

2014.046.0311

2014.046

Roggeveen, Bob

Gift

Adriaan P.L Roggeveen Collection. Gift of Robert Roggeveen.

n/a

1959

Hoboken

8 in

10 in

Notes: Photos 2014.046.0311 Text of presentation leaf ==== Again, Greetings to Our Friends: NEW SHIP with a new look, as well as interior innovations, is the fifth S.S. Rotterdam to fly the green-white-green houseflag of Holland-America Line. She arrived in New York for the first time Friday, September 11, and, following the familiar (but never stale) all-out harbor welcome accorded such important maiden liners, Moran tugs assisted her into a temporary berth at Fifth Street, Hoboken, N.J. (Later the smart looking 38,650-gross-ton transatlantic ship was moved to her line’s nearly completed $18,723,000 Pier 40, foot of West Houston Street, Manhattan.) 5.5. Rotterdam is 748 feet long overall, with a breadth of 94 feet and a height, keel to radar mast, of 201 feet, 10 inches. Twin-screw, double-reduction-geared, triple-expansion turbines give her a service speed of 20 1/2 knots. She can carry 1,456 passengers and 776 crew, and is the largest foreign-flag liner built for the transatlantic trade since World War II—fifth in size regularly using the Port of New York. She was launched September 13, 1958. The absence of a conventional (or even unconventional) smokestack makes the Rotterdam's profile unique in western ocean steamer lanes. Innovations mentioned include a passenger accommodation arrangement along horizontal rather than vertical lines, so that even at full capacity, first-class and tourist-class, everyone aboard may enjoy the most desirable areas of the ship without intermingling. This in addition to 102,000 cubic feet of dry cargo space and 14,000 cubic feet of cooled cargo space. To command this new, completely air-conditioned H.-A. flagship, Commo. Coenraad Bouman was transferred from S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, of which he was given command in 1956. So congratulations to him and, of course, to Nederlansch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij—the corporate name of the firm. S.S. Rotterdam was to sail eastbound September 22. MORAN TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. ==== ==== Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-09-03

image: S.S. Rotterdam being moved by tugboats to Hoboken pier 5
presentation leaf from Moran Towing and Transportation Co. Inc.