Night Sailings From New York

by Theodore W. Scull

The NIEUW AMSTERDAM is overnighting on the northside of Pier 40 prior to a trans-Atlantic sailing to Southampton,
Le Havre and Rotterdam in July 1964. (Paul Klee)

The QUEEN ELIZABETH is spending the night at her Cunard Line pier in the fall of 1968, shortly before
she was to sail from the Port of New York for the last time. (Theodore W. Scull Collection)

North German Lloyd was famous for its midnight sailings, and here the TSS BREMEN is embarking passengers prior to a December 13, 1971 sailing to the West Indies. She had a beer license in port and with the ship’s band playing in the main lounge it made for a festive embarkation.
(Theodore W. Scull Collection)

The SS FRANCE makes a fine sight on the West Side in 1971 prior to embarking passengers for a West Indies Cruise.
The French Line had a Champagne license while in port, and passengers and friends not sailing could
enjoy an evening of dancing on a color-lighted glass floor. (Vincent Messina)

There is no mistaking the bold announcement atop the SS FRANCE in 1971. (Vincent Messina)

Homes Lines’ SS OCEANIC departs into the setting sun on a two-week West Indies Cruise in January 1971.

P&O’s ORIANA is in port overnight during a Canada/New York cruise from her Southampton home port in August 1980.
(Theodore W. Scull)

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 sails into the sunset on November 2, 1980. (Theodore W. Scull)

Carnival’s brand-new ECSTASY has her lighted winged funnel bracketed by the yellow tower of the Empire State Building
to the right and the lighted pyramid atop Worldwide Plaza to the left on the evening of May 12, 1991. (Theodore W. Scull )

The QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 is sailing on her around the word cruise on January 5, 1992, and in the background
looms the white-lighted Chrysler Building and the red and green Empire State Building. (Theodore W. Scull)

Fireworks during the 4th of July 2000 burst ahead of the QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 anchored in Upper New York Bay. (Theodore W. Scull)

Celebrity’s outbound CONSTELLATION sails passed the Battery on October 11, 2004 with the Statue of Liberty seen in the background in both photos and Ellis Island in the second. (Theodore W. Scull)

The Statue of Liberty is viewed from the Staten Island Ferry, a timeless scene in New York Harbor.
(Theodore W. Scull)