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The United States Lines' Washington was built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., of Camden, New Jersey, and was launched in 1933. She made her maiden voyage from New York to Hamburg on 10 May 1933. In 1940, after World War II began, she was switched to a New York-Genoa service which ended later that year. She then did some cruising before serving ...
Title: SS WASHINGTON US Passenger Ship, 1933-65. Caption: The United States lines WASHINGTON in the Panama Canal, probably early in 1940 when in New York-California service. 1941-45 she served as the Navy transport MOUNT VERNON (AP-22), and was renamed WASHINGTON in 1945. Laid up in 1951, she was scrapped in 1965. Description: Catalog #: NH 43545.
Back Cover, Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List from the 19 May 1928 Voyage of the SS George Washington of the United States Lines. GGA Image ID # 1651c7705d Front and Back Cover, United States Lines SS George Washington Cabin Class Passenger List - 25 September 1930.
SS United States is a retired ocean liner built between 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
The SS United States Conservancy is compiling a comprehensive database of passenger lists and crew records, and we need your help! We plan to digitize these materials into a searchable database in conjunction with our expanded archival collections and future museum display. When United States Lines went out of business in the 1980s, all the ...
August 31, 1939, Newport News Va…. Over 30,000 spectators showed up at the Newport News shipyard for the launch of the S.S. America. Americans were proud of their new ocean liner. A sailing ambassador the new ship represented the best of the nation’s technology, art, style, and way of life at a time when ocean liners were objects of ...
SS United States. Vice Admiral Harry Manning (February 3, 1897 – August 1, 1974) was an American master mariner, aviator, and an officer in the United States Navy Reserve. [1] : 262 He is most noted for his heroic role in the rescue of 32 crew members from Italian freighter Florida and for commanding the SS United States on her record ...
