{"id":1753,"date":"2018-08-06T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:14:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:14:15","slug":"m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818\"<\/p>\n

Caption: Port Houston employees tour the M\/V Sam Houston Boat Tour for the 60th anniversary.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

First known as the \u201cBeautiful ship to serve the Port of Houston\u201d and a \u201cshow window to the port,\u201d the M\/V Sam Houston tour vessel was christened on July 30, 1958 and took its inaugural voyage through the Houston Ship Channel.<\/p>\n

The Sam Houston Boat Tour has become a staple to the Houston community. It is the primary link between the port and the public. The vessel was named after the legendary military commander who led the fight for Texas independence from Mexico and later statehood.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sam Houston Boat Tour is now extremely popular and we are proud to continue the tradition of offering this tour experience to local residents and visitors from around the world,\u201d said Leslie Herbst, Port Houston director of community relations and events.<\/span><\/p>\n

For 60 years, the port\u2019s public tour has showcased the Port of Houston to nearly two million visitors. The M\/V Sam Houston offers visitors a unique opportunity to get an up close look at one of the busiest ports in the country. Each year, nearly 30,000 visitors tour the Houston Ship Channel.<\/span><\/p>\n

On average, Port Houston\u2019s M\/V Sam Houston operates 10 tours a week with the ability to carry 100 passengers per sailing. Passengers on the Sam Houston Boat Tour have included royalty, political leaders, astronauts, celebrities and visitors from all parts of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First known as the \u201cBeautiful ship to serve the Port of Houston\u201d and a \u201cshow window to the port,\u201d the M\/V Sam Houston tour vessel was christened on July 30, 1958 and took its inaugural voyage through the Houston Ship Channel. […]<\/p>\n

More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,107,124,140,159],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-community","tag-maritime","tag-ports","tag-sam-houston","tag-tour"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nM\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First known as the \u201cBeautiful ship to serve the Port of Houston\u201d and a \u201cshow window to the port,\u201d the M\/V Sam Houston tour vessel was christened on July 30, 1958 and took its inaugural voyage through the Houston Ship Channel. [...]More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Port Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortHOU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fatima De Leon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Port_Houston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Port_Houston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fatima De Leon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fatima De Leon\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/27315a68034d79e672bef03ccc9c86b6\"},\"headline\":\"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"community\",\"maritime\",\"ports\",\"Sam Houston\",\"tour\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\",\"name\":\"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1708},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/\",\"name\":\"Port Houston\",\"description\":\"One of the World's Largest Ports on the Gulf Coast\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Port Houston\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2016-The-International-Port-Texas-logo-design-Port-Houston-Authority-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2016-The-International-Port-Texas-logo-design-Port-Houston-Authority-3.png\",\"width\":520,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Port Houston\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortHOU\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Port_Houston\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/PortHouston\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/port_houston\/\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@porthouston\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/port-houston\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/27315a68034d79e672bef03ccc9c86b6\",\"name\":\"Fatima De Leon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb91fafe8fae12ccd0934a305984c76bbdfcbd49787e4cebf83af0d0e51aa814?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb91fafe8fae12ccd0934a305984c76bbdfcbd49787e4cebf83af0d0e51aa814?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fatima De Leon\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston","og_description":"First known as the \u201cBeautiful ship to serve the Port of Houston\u201d and a \u201cshow window to the port,\u201d the M\/V Sam Houston tour vessel was christened on July 30, 1958 and took its inaugural voyage through the Houston Ship Channel. [...]More","og_url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/","og_site_name":"Port Houston","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortHOU","article_published_time":"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Fatima De Leon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Port_Houston","twitter_site":"@Port_Houston","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fatima De Leon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/"},"author":{"name":"Fatima De Leon","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/27315a68034d79e672bef03ccc9c86b6"},"headline":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary","datePublished":"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/"},"wordCount":245,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg","keywords":["community","maritime","ports","Sam Houston","tour"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/","url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/","name":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary - Port Houston","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-06T15:54:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-07T19:14:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SamHoustonAnniv2_FB_082818-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1708},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/m-v-sam-houston-marks-60th-anniversary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"M\/V Sam Houston Marks 60th Anniversary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/","name":"Port Houston","description":"One of the World's Largest Ports on the Gulf Coast","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#organization","name":"Port Houston","url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2016-The-International-Port-Texas-logo-design-Port-Houston-Authority-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2016-The-International-Port-Texas-logo-design-Port-Houston-Authority-3.png","width":520,"height":400,"caption":"Port Houston"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortHOU","https:\/\/x.com\/Port_Houston","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/PortHouston\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/port_houston\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@porthouston","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/port-houston\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/27315a68034d79e672bef03ccc9c86b6","name":"Fatima De Leon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb91fafe8fae12ccd0934a305984c76bbdfcbd49787e4cebf83af0d0e51aa814?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb91fafe8fae12ccd0934a305984c76bbdfcbd49787e4cebf83af0d0e51aa814?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fatima De Leon"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}