SS Stevens Gallery
English: SS Stevens was a 473-foot, 14,893-ton ship that served as the floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for about 150 students of Stevens Institute of Technology, a technological university, in Hoboken, NJ.
Postcard images
editSS Stevens and 14-story Stevens Center in background, postcard image | SS Stevens (lower left) with RMS Queen Elizabeth on her last voyage, October 30, 1968, postcard image |
From Castle Point
editView from Castle Point on upper campus of Stevens Institiute of Technology |
Brochure & other
editSS Exochorda, the future SS Stevens, as she appeared circa 1950 | 1961 travel brochure cover photo. The ship pictured is the SS Excalibur, one of four nearly identical sister ships in the "New 4 Aces" fleet. |
From pier
editStarboard bow showing Stevens name | View of main gangplank to A-deck |
SS Stevens from River Road, later renamed Sinatra Drive | View looking forward along starboard side |
Starboard side from stern showing superstucture and upper, lower gangplanks | View of stern looking east across the Hudson River to Manhattan |
View of stern showing rudder | B-deck gangway looking aft | Looking forward toward utility service hoses and A-deck gangway |
A-deck foyer and room interior
editView down gangplank from A-deck main foyer | Miné Okubo Mediterranean map in main foyer |
SS Stevens room view from doorway | Room interior - desks | Room interior - rollaway berths with ladder |
Watercraft view from porthole | Early morning as seen from room 222 | Life preserver information placard on cabin door |
Veranda suite of rooms from "4 Aces" brochure, April, 1952 |
Bridge deck
editView from docking bridge, looking astern over starboard lifeboats | Port side, looking forward |
View of ship's stack, looking aft from starboard side | View of wheelhouse from starboard side | Lower Manhattan view from Sun deck (above wheelhouse) |
Wheelhouse view from port side | Bridge deck, starboard side, forward view |
Boat deck
editView of lifeboats, port side, looking forward | View of Stevens Center building from Boat deck of SS Stevens | View across forward portion of Boat deck |
Boat deck view, looking forward | View of pier from boat deck, starboard side |
Emergency generator house, starboard side |
Bow, anchor and windlass
editView on main deck, bow, looking aft | View of anchor windlass, looking aft |
View on main deck, bow, looking forward | Spare anchor secured on deck |
A-Deck, aft
editView from A-deck aft, starboard side, looking forward | View of pier from A-deck aft, starboard side |
View of A-deck aft cargo hatch #5 |
B-deck lounge
editPing-pong table in B-deck lounge(view toward port side) |
B-deck lounge, formerly Exochorda's main dining room (view toward starboard portholes) | B-deck lounge, as pictured in American Export Lines travel brochure, 1961. |
Promenade deck, aft
editPromenade deck, top of stairs, looking toward aft lounge entrance | Promenade deck, aft lounge, starboard side looking toward stairs down to A-deck |
Promenade lounge port side looking forward | Promenade lounge starboard side looking forward |
Promenade aft lounge bar with Steinberg mural | View from promenade deck, port side, looking astern and down at A-deck |
Promenade deck aft lounge, starboard side, view toward outside doors | Promenade deck aft forward view toward lounge doors, port side. |
Promenade deck, port side, looking astern showing stairs to Boat deck | View from promenade deck aft, port side, looking forward, toward lower Manhattan |
Tiled swimming pool from "4 Aces" brochure, April, 1952 |
Promenade deck, forward
editPromenade deck, port side, looking forward at doors to enclosed section of deck | Promenade deck port side, inside the enclosed section, looking astern |
Forward section of enclosed portion of Promenade deck, looking toward the starboard side |
Promenade deck, forward lounge, looking toward the port side | Promenade deck, forward lounge, as shown in "New 4 Aces" travel brochure, 1952 |
Promenade deck, forward lounge, looking toward the starboard side | Promenade deck, forward lounge, as shown in "The Aces" travel brochure, 1961 |
Farewell
editTugboat Helen McAllister preparing to tow Stevens on her final voyage, August 26, 1975 | SS Stevens memento card showing partially dismantled ship, ca. 1979 |
Memorial six-ton anchor from SS Stevens on upper campus, August, 2008 |
Other photos
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SS Stevens mooring bollard shown dislodged from its footing on the pier