SS America’s Transatlantic Voyage: A Floating Salon of Diplomats, Military Officials, and Cultural Icons – September 8, 1930
Step aboard the SS America on its historic voyage from Hamburg to New York in 1930, featuring U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell, military officials, renowned academics, and influential religious leaders. This passenger list unveils a fascinating snapshot of transatlantic power, intellect, and culture during a pivotal decade.
Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List from the SS America of the United States Lines, Departing 8 September 1930 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg and Cobh (Queenstown), Commanded by Captain George Fried, U.S.N.R. GGA Image ID # 164f661366
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: George Fried, U.S.N.R.
- Chief Officer: John Bevelander
- Chief Engineer: Patrick Brennan
- Purser: G. J. Ross
- Surgeon: H. F. Sullivan, M.D.
- Chief Steward: John H. King
Cabin Passengers
- Mrs. M. S. Abbe
- Mrs. Maggie Docker Adamson
- Mrs. Anna Aguistcheff
- Rev. M. Aigner
- Mrs. Aigner
- Mr. Helmet Albrecht
- Miss Elsa Lelacheur Alden
- Mrs. Nellie M. Allen
- Mrs. Sarah E. Allen
- Mr. Morris Amster
- Mrs. Amster
- Mr. Owen L. Andreason
- Rev. Anthony Andruocavage Should Read As Rev. Anthony Andruscavage
- Mrs. G. F. Arkell
- Mrs. Barrett
- Mrs. Jennie Barrier - Not on Board
- Miss Marion Bauer
- Mrs. Daisy Baughman
- Mrs. Estella C. Bayne
- Mrs. Clara Bean
- Mrs. Neal Dow Becker
- Mrs. Jane Becker
- Miss Marilee Becker
- Mrs. Rose V. Bennett
- Mrs. Anna Bernstein
- Mrs. W. A. Bevis
- Mrs. Ruth P. Bibb
- Mrs. Elsie Bicknell
- Mrs. Alice L. Bierman
- Mr. John Bigelow
- Mrs. M. H. Bigelow
- Miss K. Bigelow
- Mr. David Bigelow
- Mrs. M. E. Blackburn
- Mrs. Joseph M. Blanchard
- Mr. Fred B. Blockert
- Dr. David Blondheim
- Miss Grace Blondheim
- Mrs. Allison Boner
- Mrs. Annie M. Borum Should Read as Mrs. Anne Borum
- Miss Annie E. Borum Should Read as Miss Anne E. Borum
- Master Wylie W. G. Borum
- Mr. C. M. Bottomley
- Mrs. Rebecca A. Rougher
- Mrs. Henry Bourne
- Major W. Bowie
- Mrs. Bowie
- Mr. Wm. W. Boyd - Should Read As Mr. Wm. M. Boyd
- Mrs. G. M. Boyd. Sr.
- Mrs. Victoria Bozian
- Mrs. Flora Branch
- Mrs. Margaret Brannan - Should Read As Mrs. Margaret Brennan
- Mrs. Ida Ellen Brenner
- Mrs. Ida Brieger
- Mrs. Maggie L. Britt
- Mrs. Eulalie Brock
- Dr. Marcel Brongniart
- Mr. Ieya Bronson - Should Read As Mr. Ilya Bronson
- Mrs. Bronson
- Miss Leonore Bronson
- Miss Lotto M. Bronson - Should Read As Miss Lotta M. Bronson
- Mrs. Sarah C. Brosius
- Mrs. Lulu E. Brown
- Mrs. Hans Bruncke
- Dr. Boris Bruzs
- Mrs. Bruzs
- Mrs. Sadie Buchanan
- Mrs. Margaret A. Buck
- Mr. S. J. Buckingham
- Mrs. Buckingham
- Mr. Wm. H. Buckingham
- Mrs. Susan Bull
- Mr. Charles K. Burdick
- Mrs. Burdick
- Mrs. Anna M. Burky
- Mr. Robert Burton
- Mr. Edgar Burton
- Mrs. Nettie Burton
- Miss Phyllis Burton
- Mrs. Blanche Busch
- Mrs. Incinda Busch
- Mrs. W. T. Butler
- Mrs. Mary E. Calentine
- Mrs. Gertrude Calusha - Not on Board
- Mr. Charles S. Campbell
- Mrs. Campbell
- Miss Anne Campbell
- Miss Jean Campbell - Should Read As Miss Joan Campbell
- Miss Mary Campbell
- Mr. Robert Campbell
- Mr. William Campbell
- Mr. Charles Campbell, Jun.
- Mrs. Paul Campo
- Mr. Harold Carlsen - Not on Board
- Mrs. Catherine Cassells
- Mrs. Tenna Marie Caylor
- Mrs. A. G. Chappell
- Mrs. Albina Chaput
- Mrs. Eva F. Christian
- Mrs. Mary Ann Cleveland
- Mrs. Emily C. Coate
- Mr. W. A. Cochel
- Mrs. Cochel
- Hon. Thomas C. Cochran
- Mrs. Cochran
- Miss Cornelia E. Cochran
- Mrs. Nellie Cockrell
- Mrs. George E. Cole
- Miss Florence Cole
- Mr. K. W. Colegrove
- Mrs. Colegrove
- Miss Marion Colegrove
- Mrs. Cornelia L. Compton
- Miss Alzada Comstock
- Mrs. Clara E. Cook
- Mrs. Minnie F. Cook
- Mrs. Elizabeth Coonhaan - Not on Board
- Mrs. Laura Cooper
- Mrs. Emma Crabtree
- Mrs. Viola Curry
- Prof. H. M. Dadourian
- Mrs. Dadourian
- Mrs. Emma Mary Daily
- Mrs. Leslie Dana
- Miss Mary L. Dana
- Mrs. Mol lie Brooks Daniels
- Mrs. Martha Elizabeth David
- Mrs. Myrtle Grafton Dawson
- Mrs. Jennie B. Dayton
- Mrs. Calvin W. Decker
- Mr. Arthur del Toro
- Mrs. Eughemia Derby
- Mr. Lewis Deschler
- Mr. Nathan Diamond - Not on Board
- Mrs. William A. Dietz
- Miss Frances B. Dillingham
- Mrs. Anna Dixon
- Mr. J. F. Donahue
- Mrs. Donahue
- Miss Learm Donahue
- Mrs. Rilla A. Dorsey
- Mrs. A. W. Drake
- Mrs. Julia N. Drescher
- Mrs. Augustine Ducret
- Mrs. Edolie Hanks Duhon
- Mr. Duquay - Not on Board
- Mrs. Anna Lee Edwards
- Mrs. Capitolia Ellingsworth
- Mrs. Frank Enos
- Mrs. Alma Dorothy Ensko
- Mrs. Erlanger Miss Erlanger
- Mrs. Charles Eshleman
- Mrs. Willie D. Eubanks
- Mrs. Mary Everson
- Mrs. Elvira Ewton
- Mrs. Martha L. Fair
- Mrs. Anna R. Fatout
- Mrs. Clara Faust
- Mrs. Dora S. Fellows
- Mrs. Mattie Ferguson
- Mr. Charles L. Fiebig
- Mrs. Fiebig
- Mrs. Fannie Riley Fine
- Mr. T. Fineman
- Mrs. Margaret Finke
- Mrs. Melissa A. Fischer
- Dr. Israel Fleiss
- Mrs. Fleiss
- Miss Blanche Fleiss
- Miss Muriel Fleiss
- Mrs. A. C. Ford
- Miss Florence Forman
- Mrs. Moses Forsier
- Miss Lillian M. Foss
- Mrs. Delia M. Fox
- Mrs. Julia Freund
- Mr. John J. Frey
- Mrs. William S. Friedlander
- Miss Sara D. Fry
- Miss Rosa Fuerst
- Miss Margaret Gaffney
- Mr. Josef Ganser
- Mr. Joseph Garolis
- Mrs. Eva Gates
- Mr. Albert Gerber
- Mrs. Rose A. Gerber
- Miss Helen Gerber
- Mr. Fred S. Gichner
- Mr. William Gichner
- Mrs. Irene Gildchaus
- Mrs. Mima Gill
- Commander C. S. Gillette
- Miss Ruth Glazier
- Miss M. Gleason
- Mrs. Isabelle W. Click
- Mrs. Bessie Goldman
- Mrs. P. H. GoodselI
- Mr. P. H. Goodsell, Jun.
- Mr. Joseph Gorey
- Mrs. T. M. Gorman
- Mr. Gounnelen
- Lt. Commander Robert H. Grayson
- Mrs. Grayson
- Miss E. C. Grayson
- Miss M. P. Grayson
- Mrs. Hilde Paulson Gross
- Mr. Paul Spencer Guinn
- Mrs. Guinn
- Master Paul S. Guinn
- Mrs. Nellie Gwinner
- Mr. L. P. Hall - Not on Board
- Mrs. H. F. Hall - Should Read As Mrs. M. F. Hall
- Mr. J. H. Hallmann
- Mrs. Hallmann
- Mrs. Belle Hand
- Mr. Beny Handwerker
- Mrs.. Handwerker
- Mrs. Onata Hanes
- Mrs. Susie F. Hanmer
- Mrs. Mary Hanrahan
- Mr. F. C. Hardy
- Mrs. Hardy
- Mr. H. Harris
- Mrs. Aria B. Harrison
- Mrs. Lillian S. Hart
- Miss Isabelle T. Hart
- Miss Sybil R. Hart
- Mrs. Maggie E. Hartman
- Mrs. Mary E. Hawkins
- Mrs. Theresa Henry
- Mr. E. B. Hess
- Mrs. Hess
- Master E. B. Hess
- Mrs. Anna Hewitt
- Mrs. Carrie Hickox
- Mrs. Maude C. Higdon
- Mrs. Emma Higgins
- Mr. W. R. Hight
- Mrs. Hight
- Mr. William H. Hill
- Mrs. Hill
- Miss Emeline H. Hill
- Miss Marianna H. Hill
- Miss Margaret C. Hill
- Mrs. Myrtle Hill
- Miss Katherine Hinckley
- Mr. Harrison S. Hires
- Mr. Richard Hires
- Mr. William Hires
- Mrs. Octavia Hobgood
- Mrs. Michael Hoehn
- Mrs. Ellen V. Holden
- Mrs. Maggie May Hood
- Mrs. Blanche L. Horn
- Mrs. D. D. Hornaday
- Mrs. Ollie Hovey
- Mrs. Marie L. Hoyle
- Miss Gizella Hrabal
- Mrs. Carrie L. Hudson
- Mrs. Mary Hull
- Mrs. Manuel Hurevitz
- Miss Augusta Hurevitz
- Rev. A. R. Hussey
- Miss Emily Hussey
- Miss Margaret Hussey
- Mr. John Ihlder
- Mrs. Ihlder
- Mrs. Elizabeth A. Immerus - Should Read As Mrs. Elizabeth Immekus
- Mrs. C. II. Ingraham
- Mr. L. Gordon Ingraham
- Mrs. Flora T. Irwin
- Mrs. Clara B. Janss
- Mr. Hellmuth Jarchow
- Mrs. Jarchow
- Prof. A. E. Jenks
- Mrs. Jenks
- Mrs. Anna Jerosik
- Mrs. Nelson Jesup
- Mrs. Mary D. Johnson
- Mrs. Stella A. Johnson
- Mrs. Ida Jones
- Miss Katherine Robertson Jones
- Mrs. Morris Kaplan
- Mrs. Fred W. Kelle - Should Read As Mrs. Fred W. Keller
- Mrs. F. Keller - Not on Board
- Miss Grace Kelly
- Mrs. John Kelly
- Mrs. Olive Kelsey
- Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy
- Mrs. Anna Kessner
- Mr. Moses H. Kosten
- Dr. A. Khaum
- Dr. Eugene Klein
- Mrs. Eugene Klein
- Mrs. Myrthle M. Daffern Klein
- Mr. A. E. Kleinert
- Mrs. Kleinert
- Miss Kleinert
- Mrs. Jennie J. Knott
- Mrs. Ella E. Knotts
- Mrs. Irma Kraft
- Miss Barbara Krebs
- Mrs. Lena M. Larson
- Mrs. Elizabeth Layman
- Mrs. Julia K. Leach
- Mr. Le Bras
- Mrs. Emma Le Conte
- Mr. Andrew J. Lehmar
- Mrs. Mary Leupold
- Mrs. Rosa J. Lillicrap
- Mrs. Mamie M. Livingston
- Mrs. Mary Loftus
- Mrs. Etta M. Lord
- Mrs. John H. Loscam
- Miss Theone Loscara
- Mrs. Sarah Lott
- Mrs. Jennie E. Love
- Miss Dorothy E. Lutin
- Mr. H. McCarten
- Mrs. Alby D. McCarthy
- Mrs. Rachel McCord
- Mrs. Minnie McDonald
- Mr. Robert G. McFerrin
- Mrs. Catherine McGann
- Miss Marjorie McIntosh
- Miss M. Mackenzie
- Mrs. Maurice Mandeville
- Mr. Richard Mandeville
- Mr. Adam Mann Mrs. Mann
- Mr. Frederick C. Mann
- Mrs. Mann
- Mr. Frederick J. Mann
- Mrs. Eugene L. Martin
- Mrs. Parthenia Martin
- Mrs. C. C. Mathis
- Mr. Herbert Mayer
- Mrs. Elsie C. Meier
- Miss Eva T. Mellor
- Miss H. Menkes
- Miss Jeanette Meyer
- Mrs. Callie Michael
- Mrs. Clarence C. Miller
- Miss Harriet Miller
- Master Philip Miller
- Rev. Henry I. Miniekus - Not on Board
- Mrs. Elizabeth Miniekus - Not on Board
- Attorney-Gen. Wm. D. Mitchell
- Mrs. Mitchell
- Mr. Wm. D. Mitchell, Jun.
- Mr. Patrick Mitchell
- Mrs. Eleanor Black Mitchell
- Mr. B. C. Moise, Jun.
- Mrs. Anna Mondzeski
- Mrs. Ida M. Montague
- Mrs. Anna Morris
- Mrs. Bertha Moyers
- Miss Wilhelmina Mueller
- Mrs. A. R. Mullowny
- Mrs. K. M. Mullowny
- Miss Marjorie Murray
- Mrs. Minnie Bell Napier
- Mrs. Kate M. Neagle
- Mr. J. M. Neal
- Mrs. Laura Neight
- Mrs. C. A. Nesmith
- Mrs. C. P. Nettleton
- Mrs. Maude L. New
- Mrs. Anna Newland
- Mrs. Isabelle Newton
- Mrs. Clara R. Nolan
- Mrs. Amanda R. Norris
- Mrs. Howard Norsworthy
- Miss Antonie Novak
- Mrs. Martha O'Hagen
- Mr. Oscar B. Olson
- Mr. David Orr
- Mr. Reed Orr
- Mrs. Zula Orr
- Mrs. Tillie Overstreet
- Mr. Henry Owens
- Mrs. Owens
- Mrs. Ida Owens
- Miss Louise Pagelsen
- Miss Marie Palluth - Should Read As Mrs. Marie Palluth
- Mrs. Elizabeth F. Park
- Mrs. Minnie Moore Paxton
- Mr. Endicott Peabody
- Mrs. Malcolm E. Peabody
- Miss Mary Peabody
- Master George Peabody
- Master Samuel Peabody
- Mr. Robert Peacock
- Mrs. Nettie Pearson
- Mrs. Mable Peebles
- Mr. John P. Penney
- Mrs. Penney
- Mrs. Charlotte Pennington
- Mr. Robert Perloff
- Mr. William Perloff
- Mrs. Esther Perloff
- Miss Martha Pfander
- Mrs. Dora Phillips
- Mrs. H. B. Phyfe
- Mrs. E. T. Pickard
- Mr. Edward Pickard, Jun.
- Miss Elizabeth Pickard
- Mrs. Henry V. B. Pickering
- Mrs. Emma R. Pipes
- Miss Edna Place
- Dr. Alexander Polek
- Mrs. Rose Polifka
- Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock
- Mrs. Mary C. Potter
- Mrs. Alice V. Powell
- Mrs. Sarah E. Pratt
- Mrs. Katherine Rausch
- Mrs. B. U. Raymond
- Mrs. Norman Rayner
- Mrs. Géorgie V. Reager
- Mrs. Cordelia Reilly
- Rev. Louis P. Remmele
- Mr. Robert Rice
- Mrs. Hazel L. Rice
- Miss Margaret Rice
- Mrs. Isabelle Richards
- Mrs. Llilie B. Rishel
- Mrs. W. Robinson
- Mrs. Minnie Roggensees
- Mr. John C. Runkle
- Mrs. Runkle
- Mrs. A. G. Russell
- Mr. Lewis Russell
- Mrs. Russell
- Miss Margaret Russell
- Miss Ruth Russell
- Mrs. Amanda Sager
- Mrs. Louise Viola Sanders
- Mrs. John T. Sanders
- Mrs. William Sanford
- Mrs. Sarah A. Saylor
- Mrs. L. G. Schvete - Should Read As Mrs. L G. Schuete
- Mrs. F. E. Scott
- Mr. Lawrence M. Sebring
- Mrs. Sebring
- Mr. G. A. Sehlstedt
- Mrs. Sehlstedt
- Mrs. Bird W. Seymour
- Mrs. Lavrice Sibert
- Mrs. Adna Van Sickle
- Mr. F. Simpson
- Mrs. Amelia Sinus
- Mrs. A villa W. Slagle
- Mrs. Hattie Slaymaker
- Mrs. Marie M. Slevin
- Miss Dora Smith
- Mrs. Ellen Smith
- Mrs. Gertie Smith
- Mrs. Mary Smith
- Mr. Herbert Solomon - Should Read As Mr. Herbert Salomon
- Mrs. Marie Solomon - Should Read As Mrs. Marie Salomon
- Miss Anna Sommer
- Mrs. G. V. Soniat
- Mrs. T. L. Spence
- Mr. George C. Sprague
- Mrs. Sprague
- Miss Betty Sprague
- Miss Evelyn Sprague
- Captain Stark
- Mrs. Stark
- Mrs. Rose N. Stark
- Mr. Russell Starr
- Mr. Edward H. Starr
- Mrs. F. Steadman
- Mrs. Clarence A. Steere
- Miss Lucia M. Steere
- Miss Elizabeth F. Stevenson
- Mr. Francis E. Stock
- Miss A. G. Stoner
- Mrs. Bessie S. Storrs
- Mrs. Eugenia M. Strassor
- Mr. A. K. Strieker
- Mrs. Strieker
- Miss Northburga Strohmeyer
- Mrs. Agnes L. Strong
- Mrs. Lillie Strong
- Mr. Oscar J. Sufrin
- Mrs. Catherine Suplee
- Prof. C. O. Swanson
- Mrs. Swanson
- Dr. Gregory Swartzman
- Rev. F. M. Taitt
- Mrs. William Taylor
- Mrs. Maude Tenner
- Mr. Leonard H. Tenner
- Mrs. K. Thomas
- Mrs. Janie Thompson
- Mrs. Kate Thompson
- Mrs. Rhoda A. Thornton
- Miss Hilde Thurnwald
- Mrs. Rebecca Timmons
- Mr. Karl Tode
- Mrs. Tode
- Miss W. Trencher - Should Read As Miss N. Trencher
- Mr. Mate jus Tribicius
- Mr. John H. Turner
- Mrs. Turner
- Capt. Charles Ubel
- Mrs. Anna Marie Unger
- Mr. Lydecker Van Riper
- Mrs. Martha Vaughan
- Mrs. Nellie Verhoeff
- Mrs. Margarete Viehweger
- Mrs. Flora Vilott
- Mrs. Antis Vining
- Mrs. Nina Wade
- Mr. Paul J. Wall
- Mrs. Wall
- Mrs. Sarah Tatum Wall
- Miss Jean Wall
- Mrs. Annie Walker
- Mrs. Mary L. Wallace
- Mrs. Margaret Warren
- Mrs. M. B. Waters
- Mrs. Laura B. Watson
- Mrs. Mary Webster
- Mrs. Esther D. Webry
- Bishop John Wells
- Mrs. Hermine Wengraf
- Miss Alvina Weyrich
- Mr. Samuel Wieder
- Mrs. Wieder
- Miss Mildred Wieder
- Mrs. Jennie F. Wiggins
- Dr. Herbert B. Wilcox
- Mr. George G. Wilcox
- Mrs. Herbert B. Wilcox
- Miss Louise G. Wilcox
- Mrs. Elizabeth Wilhelm
- Mrs. Catherine E. Williams.
- Mr. F. H. Williams
- Mrs. Williams
- Mrs. Alice E. Wilson
- Miss Caroline T. Wilson
- Mr. Arthur Winter
- Mr. Geo. S. Winterbotham
- Mr. J. M. Winterbotham, Jun..
- Mrs. Jennie Lee Withington
- Miss W. Wodicka
- Mrs. Martha V. Wood
- Mrs. Chas. S. Woods
- Mrs. Rose Woodmansee
- Mrs. Mollie Wright
- Mrs. Nellie Wright
- Mrs. Stella L. Wright
- Mrs. Mary Yindra
- Miss Virginia C. Young,
- Mrs. Elizabeth Zink
Not On Board
- Mrs. Jennie Barrier
- Mrs. Gertrude Calusha
- Mr. Harold Carlsen
- Mrs. Elizabeth Coonhaan
- Mr. Nathan Diamond
- Mr. Duquay
- Mr. L. P. Hall
- Mrs. F. Keller
- Rev. Henry L. Miniekus
- Mrs. Elizabeth Miniekus
- Mrs. Anna Norris
Additional Passengers
- Mr. Alfred Bagnell
- Dr. Salo Baron
- Mrs. Jennie Berrier
- Mr. Ragnar Byman
- Mr. J. M. Cleland
- Capt. H. L. Ernest
- Capt. Arnold Funk
- Mr. John H. Gadsby
- Mrs. Gertrude Galusha
- Dr. Isaac Gerber
- Mrs. Fred Gichner
- Mrs. Harrison S. Hires
- Miss Clara M. Hires
- Rev. Henry L. Immekus
- Miss Gertrude Mac Mahon
- Mrs. Katherine Mann
- Miss Ruth Morriss
- Mrs. Anna Norris - Not on Board
- Father Peter O'Dwyer
- Mr. A. S. Singer
- Mr. Jules Slabotzky
- Mr. Geo. T. Walters
CORRECTIONS
- Rev. Anthony Andruocavage should read Rev. Anthony Andruscavage
- Mrs. Annie Borum should read Mrs. Anne Borum
- Miss Annie E. Borum should read Miss Anne E. Borum
- Mr. Wm. W. Boyd should read Mr. Wm. M. Boyd
- Mrs. Margaret Brannan should read Mrs. Margaret Brennan
- Mr. Ieya Bronson should read Mr. Ilya Bronson
- Miss Lotto Bronson should read Miss Lotta M. Bronson
- Miss Jean Campell should read Miss Joan Campbell
- Mrs. H. F. Hall should read Mrs. M. F. Hall
- Mrs. Elizabeth Immerus should read Mrs. Elizabeth Immekus
- Mrs. Fred W. Kelle should read Mrs. Fred W. Keller
- Miss Marie Palluth should read Mrs. Marie Palluth
- Mrs. L. G. Schvete should read Mrs. L G. Schuete
- Mr. Herbert Solomon should read Mr. Herbert Salomon
- Mrs. Marie Solomon should read Mrs. Marie Salomon
- Miss W. Trencher should read Miss N. Trencher
Récapitulation
- Cabin Passengers: 570
- Tourist Class Passengers: 459
- Commander, Officers and Crew: 503
- Total on Board: 1532
Information for Passengers
High Seas Mail. United States Postage Rates and Stamps are used when mailing letters, and such letters should be posted in the ship's letter box in the ordinary way.
The mail bag is closed a few hours previous to arrival.
Rates on letters to all countries except United States, Canada, British Colonies, Great Britain and Ireland, five cents for the first ounce, and three cents for each additional ounce or fraction.
Ship to Ship. Radiograms are also accepted for passengers on other ships, for which the charge is 16 cents per word.
Seats at Tables. Applications may be made to the Second Steward in advance, or on day of sailing on board the Steamer.
Smoking. Passengers are requested not to smoke in the Main Dining Saloon or Social Hall.
Orchestra. This vessel carries an orchestra which will play daily at the under-mentioned times and places :
- 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Dining Room.
- 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Social Hall.
- 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Dining Room.
- 9 p.m. to Midnight, Social Hall.
Dancing. Dancing in the Ball Room commences every evening at 9 o'clock.
Deck Games and Amusements. Deck Quoits, Shuffleboard, Bull Board and other games are provided on deck. Baseball, Golf, Volley Ball, Deck Tennis, Shuffleboard, Quoits, and all the familiar ocean games are also available. Deck Stewards will furnish them.
Chess, Draughts, Dominoes, etc., can be obtained on application to the Social Hall or Library Stewards. Books. -Books are obtainable from the Library upon application to the Steward in charge.
Divine Services. On Sundays at hours to be announced on shipboard.
Barber, Hairdresser, and Manicurist. The Barber's hours are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
A Clothes Cleaning and Pressing Room is in charge of an expert attendant. A printed tariff of charges may be obtained at the Purser's Office.
Boots and Shoes will be cleaned if left outside stateroom door.
Notice. Passengers are warned that professional gamblers are reported as frequently crossing on Atlantic steamers.
Life-Belts. Passengers are earnestly requested to familiarize themselves with the use of life-belts and the location of lifeboats for the customary drill held on each voyage of this vessel. Full instructions are given on a printed card posted in your Stateroom.
Photographic Dark Room. A dark room fitted with all the necessary equipment has been installed for the use of passengers who wish to have photographs developed during the voyage.
Travelers' Checks. The United States Lines has placed on board its vessels American Express checks which may be secured from the Purser on application.
Medical Attention. The Surgeon will be in his office for the treatment of passengers requiring his attention from 9.30 to 10.30 a.m., from 4 to 5 p.m., and 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. His services are available at any hour in cases of urgency. In cases of illness originating on board or after the departure of the steamer no charge will be made for these services, and such medicines as are prescribed by the ship's Surgeon will be furnished without extra expense to the passenger.
In cases of illness not originating on board, the Surgeon is permitted to make a nominal charge, subject to the approval of the commanding officer.
Berthing of Passengers. No changes can be made except officially by the Purser.
Deck Chairs and Rugs may be hired for the voyage on application to the Deck Steward, rental $1.50 each.
Reservations. Passengers desiring to secure reservations for return to United States can do so by consulting the Purser.
Exchange of Money. The Purser is prepared, for the convenience of passengers, to exchange a limited amount of money at rates which will be furnished on application. A receipt will be issued covering each exchange transaction.
Baggage. All inquiries regarding Baggage on board ship should be made at the Baggage Master's Office.
On disembarking, passengers are specially requested to claim their baggage before leaving the Customs Baggage Room, otherwise considerable delay and extra charge for carriage may be incurred in forwarding to destination any baggage not accompanying passengers.
The United States Lines accepts no responsibility or liability for baggage or parcels left on board except by arrangement with Baggage Master.
It is recommended that passengers insure their baggage, as the Lines' liability is strictly limited in accordance with contract ticket. Baggage insurance can be arranged at any of the Lines' offices.
"Passengers desiring to reforward to storage or to deliver to another party, pieces of baggage, and packages of various kinds, are requested to deliver same to the Ship's Baggage Master, who is the only one designated on the ship competent to receive them and forward them, so as to avoid complication with the Customs regulations of the various countries.
The Company accepts no responsibility for any articles handed over by passengers to any member of the Ship's Personnel, other than above."
Baggage Room. All baggage not placed in cabins is stowed in the Baggage Room, where access can be had to it during the voyage if required.
Valuables. The United States Lines are not responsible for theft of valuables or money kept in Staterooms. The same should be placed in charge of the Purser for deposit in his safe, and a receipt will be given on the Company's form.
Payments. Passengers should obtain a receipt from the Purser, on the Company's form, for any additional passage money, excess baggage or freight charges, etc., paid on board.
Dogs are carried at the Owner's risk. The Company's charge is $20.00 each, regardless of size. Arrangements for carrying dogs should be made by communicating with the UNITED STATES LINES, or if this has not been done, the Purser should be notified.
Passengers are notified that cats and dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain without considerable delay unless a license has previously been procured from the Board of Agriculture, London. Forms of license must be obtained by direct application to this Department in London before the dog is taken on board.
Freight. All of the steamers operated by the United States Lines and American Merchant Lines are combination freight and passenger ships. They are modern in every respect and some are equipped for carriage of considerable cargo under refrigeration.
For rates and space apply to United States Lines, Freight Traffic Department, 45 Broadway, New York.
Suggestions and Complaints. Suggestions, complaints or criticisms of service or of personnel should be addressed to the President, United States Lines Operations, Inc., 45 Broadway, New' York City.
Reduced Cabin, Round Trip Rates are effective for steamship travel during the following periods:
- Eastbound: August 16 to May 15.
- Westbound: October 16 to July 15.
There will be a reduction of 12 per cent, from the combined one-way fares, that is, the regular Eastbound (outward) rate combined with the regular Westbound (prepaid) rate.
Should passengers sail one way during the above periods and one way in the "high" season, the reduction will apply for the "off" season sailing.
Both eastbound and westbound tickets must be taken out at the same time.
This arrangement gives passengers an opportunity to combine European tours. It also meets the desires of passengers who, while wishing to benefit by the special round trip rates, wish to travel one way via the St. Lawrence route and one way via New York.
Latitude and Longitude.-Latitude means "distance north or south of the equator," and longitude means distance from the Meridian at Greenwich near London. Both are recorded in degrees, minutes and seconds. At the Equator, a minute of longitude is equal to a nautical mile, but as the meridians converge after leaving the equator, meeting at the Poles, the size of a degree becomes less. Sailing eastward a ship moves against the revolution of the earth, thus her course makes her gain time; while if she were sailing to the westward, with the movement of the earth, she would lengthen her time.
Changing the Clock. Between New York and London there is a difference in time of five hours, and as the sun rises in the East, as we say, when the ship is going eastward she meets sunlight earlier each day and thus gains time. Exactly how much is computed each day at noon, and the ship's clocks are immediately set at the correct time for that longitude. On a vessel which makes the crossing in five days the clocks will be set ahead each day approximately an hour ; on slower ships, of course, less. Going westward the clock is set back daily in similar fashion.
The Barometer. Next to the mariner's compass and chart the barometer is the most important aid to navigation ever invented. Many persons know that a barometer is an instrument for recording changes in the weather, and the student of physics is taught that this is done by measuring the weight or pressure of the atmosphere.
A rising barometer denotes the approach of good weather, a falling barometer, the reverse. A sudden fall warns the mariner to be on the look-out for a severe storm. The barometer was invented during the seventeenth century by Torricelli. The ship's barometer, which is kept in the chart room, is very different from the original device. It traces a barometer chart, recording the atmospheric pressure throughout the voyage.
Measuring by Sound. It is possible to determine by sound how far distant a passing ship is if she blows her whistle or in case of a warship if she fires a gun. If the steam from a vessel's whistle is seen and ten seconds elapse before the sound is heard, she is just 2 1/10 miles off. If one second elapses, she is distant slightly more than 1/5 of a mile; if five seconds, a little more than 1 mile; if twenty seconds, 4 1/5 miles.
Port and Starboard. Formerly the two sides of a ship were called "Starboard" and "Larboard," the two prefixes being derived from old Anglo-Saxon words meaning, respectively, "loading and "rudder," and the word "board" meaning side. The term "Larboard" has given place to the word "Port." To "port the helm" carries a vessel to starboard, and to "starboard the helm" carries her to port. The French equivalent for port is "Babord," and starboard is "Tribord."
The Tides. The surface of the ocean rises and falls twice in a lunar day of about 24 hours and 52 minutes. The tides do not always rise to the same height, but every fortnight after the new and full moon they become much higher than they were in the alternate weeks. These high tides are called Spring Tides, and the low ones Neap Tides. The close relation which the times of high water bear to the times of the moon's meridian passage shows that the moon's influence in raising the tides is two and one-half times greater than that of the sun.
The Gulf Stream. By far the most important as well as best known of the great ocean currents derives its name from the Gulf of Mexico, out of which it flows between Cuba and the Bahamas on the one side and the Florida Keys on the other. In its narrowest portion the Gulf Stream is about fifty miles wide, and there it has a velocity at times of as much as five miles an hour. Flowing in a north-easterly direction along the American coast, its current gradually widens and its velocity diminishes.
Reaching the banks of Newfoundland it turns and sweeps across the Atlantic. Then, dividing into two portions, it sends one arm down toward the Azores and the coast of Morocco, while the other passes near the shores of the British Isles and on to Norway.
As it emerges from the Gulf of Mexico it has a temperature of 84 degrees in summer, higher than that of the ocean at the equator. Even by the time it has reached mid-Atlantic it has fallen no more than 14 degrees. Its effect upon the climate of Great Britain and the north-west coast of Europe, 4,000 miles away from the Gulf, is to raise the winter temperature about 30 degrees above what would be the normal temperature of those latitudes.
UNITED STATES LINES - GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE
Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg and Cobh (Queenstown)
- LEVIATHAN: 59,956 Tons
- GEORGE WASHINGTON: 23,788 Tons
- PRESIDENT HARDING: 13,869 Tons
- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT: 13,869 Tons
- AMERICA: 21,144 Tons
- REPUBLIC: 17,910 Tons
Front and Back Cover, United States Lines SS America Cabin Passenger List - 8 September 1930. GGA Image ID # 164fa4934d
🚢 A Grand Voyage Across the Atlantic: SS America’s Transatlantic Crossing of September 8, 1930 🌊✨
The SS America, a distinguished liner of the United States Lines, embarked on a remarkable transatlantic voyage on September 8, 1930. Departing from Hamburg, Germany, and stopping at Southampton (England), Cherbourg (France), and Cobh (Queenstown, Ireland) before arriving in New York City, the voyage represented the intertwining of diplomacy, culture, and global commerce during a pivotal time in world history.
Récapitulation: Under the command of Captain George Fried, U.S.N.R., a noted maritime officer, the ship carried 570 cabin-class passengers, 459 tourist-class travelers, and 503 officers and crew, totaling 1,532 individuals. Among them were distinguished military leaders, academics, religious figures, and elite socialites, making this voyage a floating microcosm of the era's movers and shakers.
🌟 Notable Passengers & Their Legacy 🌟
🏛️ Prominent Political and Legal Figures
Hon. Thomas C. Cochran – A high-ranking official, likely involved in political or financial affairs. His presence underscores the importance of transatlantic relations in the lead-up to the Great Depression.
Attorney General William D. Mitchell (U.S.) – As the Attorney General of the United States from 1929-1933, his presence on board hints at high-level diplomatic discussions or legal affairs related to international law.
These passengers reflect the political and legal landscape of the late 1920s and early 1930s, a time of economic uncertainty and policy shifts that influenced the world.
🏅 Military & Maritime Officials
Major W. Bowie – A distinguished military officer, possibly representing the U.S. Army, reinforcing the strategic importance of transatlantic military ties.
Commander C. S. Gillette (U.S. Navy) – His presence underscores the role of naval diplomacy and maritime security in transatlantic travel.
Lt. Commander Robert H. Grayson (U.S. Navy) – A key military strategist and naval leader during the interwar period, involved in naval operations and international defense relations.
Captain Charles Ubel – Likely a merchant marine or military captain, reflecting the intersection of commercial and military naval operations in the early 20th century.
The presence of high-ranking military personnel on the SS America highlights strategic discussions, naval cooperation, and potential diplomatic missions at a time of global economic and political uncertainty.
🎓 Academics & Thought Leaders
Prof. H. M. Dadourian – A professor with expertise likely in physics, engineering, or mathematics, symbolizing the transatlantic exchange of scientific knowledge.
Prof. A. E. Jenks (University of Minnesota) – A leading anthropologist, known for his research on indigenous cultures and migration studies, reflecting the global academic community's interest in human societies and movements.
These scholars represent the intellectual movements of the 1930s, where scientific advancements and cultural studies played a vital role in shaping global understanding.
⛪ Religious Leaders & Influential Clergy
Bishop John Wells – A prominent Christian leader, likely traveling for missionary work, theological discussions, or religious diplomacy.
Rev. Louis P. Remmele – A clergyman involved in humanitarian efforts and religious education, reinforcing the global influence of religious institutions.
Rev. Anthony Andruscavage – A Roman Catholic priest known for his dedication to immigrant communities and social work in the United States.
Father Peter O’Dwyer – An Irish Catholic leader likely involved in church administration and ecclesiastical duties, representing the strong Catholic ties between Ireland and the U.S.
These religious figures remind us of the important role faith played in migration, education, and social welfare during the early 20th century.
🎭 Entertainment, Socialites & Cultural Icons
Endicott Peabody – A name associated with the prestigious Peabody family, known for their contributions to education, finance, and philanthropy.
Miss Dorothy E. Lutin – A possible Broadway actress or socialite, reflecting the transatlantic connection between European and American performing arts.
Miss Marion Bauer – Possibly connected to the music or literary world, highlighting the cultural exchange between Europe and the U.S.
The presence of these elite figures demonstrates how ocean liners were not just a means of travel but a hub for social networking, business, and cultural exchange.
📍 Route & Maritime Prestige
✔ Hamburg, Germany – A critical economic hub and departure point for many European elites and business figures.
✔ Southampton, England – A key embarkation point for British aristocracy and professionals.
✔ Cherbourg, France – The gateway for European intellectuals, financiers, and artists.
✔ Cobh (Queenstown), Ireland – A historic departure point for Irish emigrants and notable figures of Irish heritage.
✔ New York City, USA – The destination for America’s business, culture, and political powerhouses.
This iconic transatlantic route was the lifeblood of diplomacy, trade, and high society, connecting the Old World and the New during a critical era in global history.
🔍 Final Thoughts: A Voyage Reflecting the Changing Times
The SS America’s September 1930 voyage encapsulated a world in flux, balancing economic downturn, international diplomacy, and cultural evolution.
While politicians and legal minds debated economic policies, military strategists discussed security, and academics exchanged groundbreaking ideas, socialites and entertainers enjoyed the luxuries of transatlantic travel.
This passenger list serves as a time capsule, offering a glimpse into the movers and shakers of the early 1930s, a world caught between the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, sailing towards an uncertain but fascinating future. 🚢🌍✨
