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标题：A few liner types left - Letters - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor
作者：Joe van Gaalen
期刊名称：Cruise Travel
印刷版ISSN：0199-5111
出版年度：2001
卷号：Dec 2001
出版社：World Publishing Co.

A few liner types left - Letters - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor

Joe van Gaalen

This is in regards to the letter "Whither The Classic Ships?" in the October 2001 Cruise Travel. Being an avid ship photographer, I hunt down as many classic superstructures as I can, and letter-writers Lucinda & Lawrence Dyjak might want to add these ships not mentioned in their letter to their list of classics.

You can't forget about the Independence. Although perhaps soon to be out of service as United States Lines' new ships debut, she is a classic for at least another two or three years. Other stashes of older vessels include Royal Olympic Cruises, which has recently entered the new-build sector of the market but still holds onto the Stella Oceanis and Stella Solaris as well as a few other lesser-knowns. Louis Cruise Lines of Cyprus is another line that has a stash of older vessels. I realize these ships are in the category of the QE2 where the flight costs are extreme, but they do occasionally venture to the Caribbean. As the October issue also mentioned, the Pacific Princess will sail most of 2002, so catch a run with her if you can.

And on a side note, some other good places to find a liner of good form, believe it or not, still lurks with Holland America Line and United States Lines. The true liner has been dead since '69, but several vessels still hold a somewhat ocean-liner feel. For example, USL's Patriot and HAL's Noordam were built as sisters in the early '80s, but they are far less cruise-ship-style than predecessors such as the former Song of America of RCCL--a much bulkier style vessel that dawned the new era of cruising. You'll note the Noordam/Patriot funnel set-up, not swept back like cruisers of today, but not amidships like ocean liners of yesterday. If you look in the right places, you can still find the ocean liners of yesterday right here in our backpond. Joe van Gaalen, North Haledon, NJ

For a closer look at the Patriot, turn to the article beginning on page 24.