That’s so cool I am soooo fascinated by Old lurline and Matsonia even tho I have never been on any ship. There is just so much nostalgia I get from them I can’t describe how much I would like to sail on them but sadly that’s not possible anymore😢. Anyways I love to talk to people who worked on these awesome ships and just love to ask questions about them.
@@AD-ti4rh My Dad worked for Matson all his working life (after the war). Every now and then he had to go aboard ship when it was tied up in San Francisco. I usually begged him to take me along. Once, the skipper took me into the wheelhouse and gave me a tour of all the "stuff" there. I must have been about 12 or 13 years old. I was never the same after that. The last passenger carrying Lurline was just a gorgeous ship from stem to stern. Her lines were classic. I have a picture of her steaming out of San Francisco Bay which I took from a ship I crewed on which was headed to Vietnam. That was 1966. It had to be of her last passages to Hawaii.
@@AD-ti4rh There's something just so (what's the word?) civilized-about how Matson operated their passenger business. I remember their ads in the National Geographic magazine, talking about "The Grand Manner of Matson." And it really was. Their ships (all four of them) were all one class ships: No 2nd class or steerage on the "whiteships," as they called them. The only thing which changed the price of a ticket was what kind of room you wanted. The Lanai Suites cost a king's ransom but ordinary folk could buy an inside room (no porthole) which were very affordable for most people. But passengers all ate and played together, otherwise. Even the restaurant menus aboard ship all featured beautiful watercolors on the cover, of life in the Pacific Islands. ( I have a gorgeous watercooler of the Lurline "saluting" Honolulu as she left for San Francisco. ) We'll never see their like again.
@@flylooper thanks for sharing these. Again I know something more! And true it’s really sad that we won’t see them again, but you have at least seen them and have great memories. I haven’t seen any ship up close yet😕
Great looking ship used to see Matson Liners when I sailed to Hawaii on the Big Blue Star Line Ships sadly all gone now just a distant memory of our once famous British Merchant Marine Companies that plied their trades all over the world 😓😓
that's a different spin on the old Lurline that i recall lol my Dad looked after the original in Honolulu, the Lurline was his favorite Ship very cool new way and saving the Aina along the way
Well given that new regulations coming up require ships to reduce their emissions and Matson decided that it would be to expensive to retrofit older ship to meet those standards… yeah, the new ships are greener than the old ships they’re replacing, by design.
I’d love to see the Lurline built in 1932. Great video on UA-cam on that lurline also.
How many lurlines does the matson line have 🧍
I believe one, and it is a container ship of course.
@flylooper over the years they had many ships with that name including the recognizable one in the 1930s
My family all sailed on the old Lurline in the 60's. I loved that ship. In fact, I came to know the real Lurline (Matson) Roth in her last years.
That’s so cool I am soooo fascinated by Old lurline and Matsonia even tho I have never been on any ship. There is just so much nostalgia I get from them I can’t describe how much I would like to sail on them but sadly that’s not possible anymore😢. Anyways I love to talk to people who worked on these awesome ships and just love to ask questions about them.
@@AD-ti4rh My Dad worked for Matson all his working life (after the war). Every now and then he had to go aboard ship when it was tied up in San Francisco. I usually begged him to take me along. Once, the skipper took me into the wheelhouse and gave me a tour of all the "stuff" there. I must have been about 12 or 13 years old. I was never the same after that. The last passenger carrying Lurline was just a gorgeous ship from stem to stern. Her lines were classic.
I have a picture of her steaming out of San Francisco Bay which I took from a ship I crewed on which was headed to Vietnam. That was 1966. It had to be of her last passages to Hawaii.
@@flylooper that’s awesome! Thanks for this story you shared.
@@AD-ti4rh There's something just so (what's the word?) civilized-about how Matson operated their passenger business. I remember their ads in the National Geographic magazine, talking about "The Grand Manner of Matson." And it really was. Their ships (all four of them) were all one class ships: No 2nd class or steerage on the "whiteships," as they called them. The only thing which changed the price of a ticket was what kind of room you wanted. The Lanai Suites cost a king's ransom but ordinary folk could buy an inside room (no porthole) which were very affordable for most people. But passengers all ate and played together, otherwise. Even the restaurant menus aboard ship all featured beautiful watercolors on the cover, of life in the Pacific Islands. ( I have a gorgeous watercooler of the Lurline "saluting" Honolulu as she left for San Francisco. )
We'll never see their like again.
@@flylooper thanks for sharing these. Again I know something more! And true it’s really sad that we won’t see them again, but you have at least seen them and have great memories. I haven’t seen any ship up close yet😕
Great looking ship used to see Matson Liners when I sailed to Hawaii on the Big Blue Star Line Ships sadly all gone now just a distant memory of our once famous British Merchant Marine Companies that plied their trades all over the world 😓😓
that's a different spin on the old Lurline that i recall lol my Dad looked after the original in Honolulu, the Lurline was his favorite Ship very cool new way and saving the Aina along the way
I was a Sailor on the Lurline back in the 90s.
😇👑🌏🌍🌎💚
As long as you say it's greener
Well given that new regulations coming up require ships to reduce their emissions and Matson decided that it would be to expensive to retrofit older ship to meet those standards… yeah, the new ships are greener than the old ships they’re replacing, by design.