The New England Steamship Foundation (NESF) is a volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation of America's last remaining tall stack coastal steamship. SS NOBSKA made her maiden voyage in 1925 and served the New England ports and islands until 1973. (For those who remember her, from 1928 to '56 she was called "Nantucket".)
In 1988 we, NESF, acquired her derelict hulk with the aim to eventually return SS NOBSKA to summer island service. We received a Federal grant towards that goal. By now, we have replated her steel hull and the New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School is overhauling her triple expansion engine. Shortly again floating on her own bottom, plans are that our proud ship will be moored at New Bedford where restoration work on the accommodation will continue. Before long visitors and volunteers are welcome!