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The Nobska was a steamship that plied the waters of Nantucket sound as part of The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority's fleet between 1925 and 1973 as a ferry. She was eventually scrapped in 2006 despite efforts to save her. She was America's last coastal steamer,〔(Hickey, J. (2006, June 2). Final farewell to historic Steamer Nobska. Vineyard Gazette. )〕 had been on the National Register of Historic Places,〔〔(Stewardson, J. (1996, December 1). Students power Nobska. SouthCoast Today. )〕 and had been considered one of America's 10 most endangered maritime resources by the National Maritime Alliance and National Trust for Historic Preservation.〔 ==Construction and service== Built in 1925 at the Bath Iron Works in Maine,〔(Coastal Steamer Nobska )〕〔(Morris, D. (n.d.). Working aboard the Steamship Nobska and the Islander Ferry, 1971. )〕〔(NESF. (2001). Technical data. )〕 the ''Nobska'' was named after Nobska Point, Woods Hole, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.〔(NESF. (2001). Nobska's History. )〕 Two hundred and ten feet long, she had a four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine and could make 14 knots.〔〔〔 She ran many different routes for the Steamship Authority over her decades of service for southeastern Massachusetts, mainly for the Cape and Islands but also including New Bedford.〔 Although launched as the ''Nobska'', from 1928 to 1956 she was named the ''Nantucket''.〔〔(NESF Home Page. )〕 Since she was renamed ''Nobska'' in 1956, two other Steamship Authority vessels have had that name: the later ''Naushon'', and the current ''Nantucket'' itself. She was considered elegant and, at the time of her launch, modern, "the queen of the Sounds."〔 In 2006 one reporter wrote that "She embodied style, grace and modern technology, and was an immediate hit with the Islanders she served," and that she was "beloved" by many during her years of service.〔 In her later years she was "the grand lady of the ferry service."〔(Stewardson, J. (1996, April 25). First step: Old ferry is Boston-bound for repairs to hull, refitting. SouthCoast Today. )〕 One story often told from her service years was when, in February 1961, Nantucket island was iced in and no ferries were able to make the trip. The ''Nobska'', with its sharp bow, was sent to break through the ice and did so, although she was then iced in over the weekend.〔〔 Other stories can be found at (the NESF site ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nobska (steamship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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