Steamships And Ferries

October 9, 1998
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Ferry Islander Nears Historic Mark: She Becomes Ship of Longest Service

Tom Dunlop

She was christened by the eight-year-old daughter of Jimmy Cagney. A truckload of 200 live quail once opened up her freight deck (“They were pulling them out of the rafters,” Donna Honig of Edgartown said of the crewmen that trip in 1991. “They were diving after them”). And once on a night back in the fall of 1972, an assassination nearly took place on her darkened hurricane deck when a man, angered by Robert S. McNamara’s role in the Viet Nam war, tried to throw the former Secretary of Defense over the side.

Steamships and Ferries
M/V Islander
September 30, 1960
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Bill to Free Islands from City Goes to Governor

Vineyard Gazette
Only the signature of Governor Furcolo now remains to turn into law the bill setting up a new Steamship Authority with three members, locally appointed, to represent the Vineyard Nantucket, and Falmouth, and with final emancipation from New Bedford. State House observers and others believe that the governor will sign the measure promptly, although the strong political pressure from New Bedford is not discounted.
 
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
April 29, 1949
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Captains, Kings Go; People Take Over

The Vineyard Gazette

It happened yesterday. One minute before 11 a.m., the Island boat line was administered by the officers and directors of the Massachusetts Steamship Lines Inc., as constituted for some time past; one minute after 11, the management was in the hands of new officers and directors, the responsibility of the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Authority.

Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
July 26, 1923
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Steamer Islander Is Launched

Vineyard Gazette

Steamer Islander, built by the Bath, (Me.) Iron Works, Ltd., for the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat Co., was launched Wednesday afternoon of last week, at about 5 o'clock.

Steamships and Ferries
April 20, 2021

Island Queen Launches New Online Booking Engine, Mobile App

The Island Queen ferry has updated the ways passengers can book tickets in advance.
Steamships and Ferries
October 30, 2017

At 780,000 Miles, Ferry Martha's Vineyard Gets a Makeover

Louisa Hufstader
Nearly 25 years after the M/V Martha’s Vineyard began her daily seven-mile passages between Woods Hole and the Vineyard, the Steamship Authority ferry is getting a $17.4 million makeover.
Steamship Authority
Steamships and Ferries
M/V Martha's Vineyard
Senesco
February 26, 2009
Islander

Going, Going, Gone Online: Ferry Islander is Sold on Ebay

Sam Bungey
A farmer and trucker from upstate New York bought the Islander this week for $23,600, placing bid 58 on Ebay Monday for the vessel that ferried Islanders to and from the rest of America for over fifty years. The auction looked like it might be a humiliating episode with the old girl fetching a starting bid of just $10, with offers crawling to a few thousand in the first days. But after a flurry of late offers from a total of 19 bidders it finally went to Donald Slovak of Valatie, N.Y.
Steamships and Ferries
June 1, 2006

Final Farewell to Historic Steamer Nobska

Jim Hickey
Time has finally run out for the Nobska, the last coastal steamer in America and the car and passenger vessel that served the Vineyard between 1925 and 1973. Preliminary work to dismantle the historic vessel began in the Charlestown Navy Yard early this week, and on Wednesday the wrecking ball came down on her upper deck.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
January 11, 2001

Steamship Authority Will Buy Schamonchi; Deal Opens Door to New Bedford Service

Julia Wells
NANTUCKET - Placing a surprise trump card on the table in the testy and complicated match over opening up ferry service from New Bedford, Steamship Authority governors announced yesterday that they will take immediate steps to buy the ferry Schamonchi, a privatepassenger ferry that operates between New Bedford and the Vineyard.
Steamship Authority
Steamships and Ferries
July 30, 1999

Steamers of 20th Century Bound Island Ever Closer to Mainland

Tom Dunlop
She was, quite simply, enormous.  
Steamships and Ferries
March 6, 1998

MV Governor Joins Great White Fleet

Marcus McGraw
The Steamship Authority’s newest acquisition is now sailing between Woods Hole and the Island. Tuesday morning, Capt.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
M/V Governor
April 1, 1994

Sankaty in Service

Vineyard Gazette
The troublesome Sankaty went into service last Friday, March 25, becoming the Steamship Authority’s newest vessel in operation. The Sankaty is running with the Eagle to and from Nantucket.
Steamships and Ferries
M/V Sankaty
Steamship Authority
November 12, 1993
ferry Martha's Vineyard

New Flagship Martha’s Vineyard Arrives

Amy Callahan
At last, the namesake ferry of Martha’s Vineyard and the newest addition to the Steamship Authority’s fleet has arrived.  
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
M/V Martha's Vineyard
July 9, 1993

SSA Puts the Ferry Uncatena up for Sale: Vessel Has Served Islands Since July 1965

Amy Callahan
The vessel Uncatena, the smallest and least celebrated member of the Steamship Authority’s fleet, is slated for sale this summer, pending approval of the board of governors next week.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
M/V Uncatena
May 27, 1988

Bon Voyage to the Steamer Naushon

Mike Kolleth
A chapter in American maritime history will close Tuesday when the last car and passenger-carrying steamboat in North America sails out of Woods Hole harbor.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
December 18, 1987

The Eagle Has Landed

Mark Alan Lovewell
The 233-foot M.V. Eagle, the Steamship Authority’s largest and most extravagant ferry, arrived in Woods Hole 24 hours ahead of schedule on Tuesday. Sailing out of a cold fog bank into the Vineyard Sound beneath a torrent of sleet and rain, the $8-million ferry completed her voyage from Louisiana.
Steamships and Ferries
Steamship Authority
SS Eagle

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