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She started service immediately to Martha's Vineyard for the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. [2] Uncatena was the first steamer built with a steel hull to serve the island [3] and the first with a propeller. [4] The paddles were housed in the superstructure, and an outline of the paddlebox appeared on its sides. [3]
From 1871 until 1886, the Martha's Vineyard and the Monohansett were the only two ferries serving Martha's Vineyard. [1]In March 1886 the Martha's Vineyard became one of the initial four steamers operating for the newly organized New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. [3] (The other three were River Queen, Island Home and the Monohansett.)
Island Home was sold by the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. in 1895 or 1896 (sources vary.) [4]. Records of the Island Home resurfaced in the 1897-1900 editions of Record of American and Foreign Shipping as a 184' long, 30-ton vessel.
The Newbie: Take a trip on the ferry from New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard. Seastreak's summer ferry schedule has been unaffected. Seastreak's summer ferry schedule to and from Martha's Vineyard ...
River Queen was sold by the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. in 1893 [5] to the Mount Vernon & Marshall Hall Steamboat Co. of Washington, D.C. [2] During 1897–1900 the Record of American and Foreign Shipping lists the River Queen as a 181' long, 426-ton sidewheeler hailing out of New Bedford, owned by "Mt. Vernon ...
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
On the Vineyard it docked at Cottage City (later Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts), Vineyard Haven, and the West Chop Wharf. The Nantucket, a 629-ton vessel, was built in 1886 in Wilmington, Delaware for service with the New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. fleet, [1] [2] later reorganized as the Steamship Authority.
Ship Supply offers a full service. New Bedford Ship Supply, at 108 Front St., has been a resource for local commercial fishermen dating back to the 1930's.