In a message dated 7/22/2006 7:56:20 PM Central Standard Time, Pgfollmer@aol.com writes: arriving in New York on the 15th of July 1901. He left Bremen, Germany on the 9th of July. Was it possible for a ship to make the trip in six days? By 1901 ships were faster than 1888 when my grandfather ship Hermann took over 14 days. But six days? Cliff Bischoff