S.S. Ryndam - The Second Floating Campus

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The S.S. Ryndam was the second floating campus for what has become the Semester at Sea program.

The ship served as the floating campus for ten voyages (Fall 1966, Spring 1967, Fall 1967, Spring 1968, Fall 1968, Spring 1969, Fall 1969, Spring 1970, Fall 1970, Spring 1971).

By the numbers:

The S.S. Ryndam logged 236,949 nautical miles during its ten voyages.

The S.S. Ryndam made 176 ports of call.   30 of these were "first ports."

The ship was in service as a floating campus for 1,105 days.

646 of these days were at sea, while 459 were in port.

The ship made nine crossings of the equator and five around the world voyages.

The Six Day War closed the Suez Canal, thus there was only passage for the S.S. Ryndam (Fall 1966 Voyage).   There were two passages of the Panama Canal (Spring 1967 Voyage, Fall 1970 Voyage).