SS UNITED STATES in Philadelphia. In July 2002 she celebrated the 50th anniversary of her "Blue Riband" maiden voyage.

Six cruise ships docked at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal in the summer of 1996. (r to l) Berth 1 - REGAL EMPRESS, SEA BREEZE; Berth 2 - VEENDAM; Berth 3 - ROYAL PRINCESS; Berth 4 - ZENITH; and Berth 5 - SONG OF AMERICA.

The Liberty Ship JOHN W. BROWN a veteran of WWII sails into New York harbor.

The aircraft carrier USS JOHN F KENNEDY.

The Maersk Line container ship MAERSK MENDOZA.

The KINGSPOINTER from the U.S.Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, L.I.

The HIGHLAND FAITH in the drydock at the former Bayonne Naval Base.

The new K Line container vessel AKASHI BRIDGE photographed in New York harbor June 18, 2002. The "new" Manhattan skyline is in the distance.

The new RCI cruise ship ADVENTURE OF THE SEAS arriving in New York on November 10, 2001. She is led in by the pilotboat NEW JERSEY.

ADVENTURE OF THE SEAS was the first large cruise ship to arrive in New York harbor after September 11, 2001. She is escorted in by the New York Fire Department launch KEVIN E KANE.

QE2 arriving in New York during her 30th anniversary.

"The ENERGY ENTERPRISE is unusual in that she is under the American flag. I shot her going up the Hudson to Newburg, NY with a load of coal for the power plant. The ship was originally designed to burn coal she was carrying in her boilers too." - Frank Duffy