PHOTOGRAPHS BY PHYLLIS K. AND ROBERT PODA
The following images are of ROTTERDAM (V)(1959)
and show her final arrival in New York prior to her retirement from Holland America Line service. The photographs were taken on Sunday, April 27, 1997 as ROTTERDAM returned from her World Cruise. Later that day she sailed out of New York for the last time under that name. After completing her Alaskan cruise season, she sailed from Vancouver to Port Everglades and left
Holland America service on September 30, 1997.
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SS ROTTERDAM in the North River
approaching the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal. |
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PHOTOS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
TAKEN IN 1962 BY PHYLLIS K. PODA |
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LEONARDO DA VINCI backs away from Pier 84 North River, November 1962.
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LEONARDO DA VINCI turns in the river as she begins her voyage.
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LEONARDO DA VINCI drops the undocking pilot.
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November 1962, Italian Lines Flagship LEONARDO DA VINCI sails for the Mediterranean.
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| ROTTERDAM (VI) at New York City Passenger Ship Terminal. |
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NORWEGIAN SEA berthed at the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal
June 24, 2001. |
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NORWEGIAN DAWN sailing from the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal
May 25, 2003. |
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| NORWEGIAN DAWN in mid-river May 25, 2003. |
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| The lower Manhattan skyline post 9/11 titled "Not Same". |
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