I was unable to find the President Adams (Dollar Lines) on your ships list ...My father was on the crew when that ship went around the world in 1936. Can you tell me where to find information? Thanks. >Lindajoy My website about Daddy: http://web.mac.com/ljfenley/iWeb/AGFenley
Hi Lindajoy, CENTENNIAL STATE / PRESIDENT ADAMS / PRESIDENT GRANT 1921 10,496 gross tons, length 523ft x beam 62ft, twin screw, speed 14 knots, accommodation for 78-1st class passengers. Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J. as the CENTENNIAL STATE for the U.S. Shipping Board, Philadelphia. She made her maiden voyage in May 1921 from New York to London for the U.S. Mail Line. In Aug.1921 she came under the management of United States Lines after the liquidation of U.S. Mail Line and in 1922 was renamed PRESIDENT ADAMS. Sep.1923 sold to Dollar Line, San Francisco and in 1924 commenced sailing on round-the-world voyages between New York - Hawaii - Far East - Mediterranean - New York. In 1938 the U.S. Government took over the Dollar Line and continued it as American President Line. Ship renamed PRESIDENT GRANT. Nov.1941 entered service as U.S Army Transport. 26th Feb.1944 stranded on an underwater rock 70 miles off Milne Bay, New Guinea and abandoned as a total loss. There is a detailed article about this ship (80 pages) giving details of each voyage, plus many plans and photos in the book "The Stately President Liners" by Mark H. Goldberg, ISBN 1-879180-1-11 which you can obtain on inter library loan or purchase via http://www.bookfinder.com/ regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindajoy Fenley" <lindajoy@laneta.apc.org> To: <TheShipsList@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:49 AM Subject: [TSL] President Adams >I was unable to find the President Adams (Dollar Lines) on your ships > list ...My father was on the crew when that ship went around the world > in 1936. Can you tell me where to find information? Thanks. > >Lindajoy > My website about Daddy: > http://web.mac.com/ljfenley/iWeb/AGFenley > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >