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- Its 'next-to-the-last' voyage from Europe to America, made specifically to repatriate US citizens, departed from Genoa, Lisbon, Le Verdon-sur-Mer (near Bordeaux, France, 8 June) and Galway (12 June), encountered a German U-boat off the coast of Portugal on the morning of 11 June and arrived in New York on 21 June.
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U-boat stopped the SS Washington. According to Captain Harry Manning, this is what happened [excerpts]: It was on the next to the last refugee return trip from Europe made by the SS Washington last June, bound from Lisbon [Portugal] to Galway [Ireland].
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Its 'next-to-the-last' voyage from Europe to America, made specifically to repatriate US citizens, departed from Genoa, Lisbon, Le Verdon-sur-Mer (near Bordeaux, France, 8 June) and Galway (12 June), encountered a German U-boat off the coast of Portugal on the morning of 11 June and arrived in New York on 21 June.
May 23, 2024 · Our office has microfilm of indexes to passenger lists of vessels arriving at the Port of New York for the years 1820-1846 and 1897-1943. The passenger list records were created by the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] (Record Group 85).
Launched : August 20, 1932. Tonnage : 24,289 GRT. Length : 705 ft 3 in. Speed : 20.5 knots. Fate: Scrapped 1965 in Kearny, NJ. Trivia: Over the years, the Manhattan and her sister ship the Washington carried more passengers in proportion to their capacity than any of the giant foreign superstars.
In 1948, Washington was chartered to her original owner, United State Lines, for service on her original route, New York-Hamburg. She made her commercial last voyage, from Southampton to New York, on 12 October 1951. She was then turned back to the Maritime Commission, which placed her on Military Sea Transportation Service duty through 1953.
May 20, 2019 · In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?
Oct 22, 2021 · That event was the sinking of SS Normandie in New York City’s Pier 88 on February 9, 1942. The Normandie, a French luxury ship constructed in 1931, was one of the most magnificent vessels of...
