Hi everyone, I have been looking for information on a ship that my Grandmother and her father came to the US on. The name of the ship is "The Maracas" and it left the port of Naples, Italy. It arrived at the Port of New York ( Ellis Island ) on February 15, 1915. I have found my Grandmother and her father's names on the ship manifest but I would love to find any information and picture of this ship. I have no clue as to which shipping line it was a part of. My Grandmother was Carmela Garguilo age 20. Her father was Ciro Gargiulo age 54. This is how it is shown on the passenger manifest. Any help would be greatly appreciated as to where I can located anything about this ship. Thank you all ! Debbie Debbie TPower5514@aol.com

Hi Debbie, The MARACAS was an American owned ship and this was her last voyage under the U.S. flag. Basically a freighter but may have had accommodation for a few passengers. I doubt if photos exist of this ship. CARMARTHENSHIRE 1887 2,929 gross tons, length 329.5ft x beam 40ft, built 1887 by C. S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle-on-Tyne for Jenkins & Co, London. 1901 sold to Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co (G. Christall), London and renamed MARACAS. 1914 sold to New York Transatlantic S.S. Co, New York. 22nd Feb.1915 seized by British on voyage New York to Rotterdam and Copenhagen and sold as war prize on 9th Nov.1915 to A/S Solgran, Stavanger, Norway renamed MAJOREN. 3rd Sep.1917 captured, shelled and sunk by German submarine U.95 off Bloody Foreland on voyage Philadelphia to Glasgow. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tpower5514@aol.com> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:28 PM Subject: [TSL] Need Info > Hi everyone, > > > I have been looking for information on a ship that my Grandmother and her > father came to the US on. > > > The name of the ship is "The Maracas" and it left the port of Naples, > Italy. > It arrived at the Port of New York ( Ellis Island ) on February 15, 1915. > > I have found my Grandmother and her father's names on the ship manifest > but > I would love to find any information and picture of this ship. I have no > clue as to which shipping line it was a part of. > > My Grandmother was Carmela Garguilo age 20. > > Her father was Ciro Gargiulo age 54. > > This is how it is shown on the passenger manifest. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as to where I can located anything > about this ship. > > > Thank you all ! > > > > Debbie > > Debbie > TPower5514@aol.com > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > TheShipsList Searchable Archives Database > http://www.oulton.com/cwa/newsships.nsf/by+date > TheShipsList RootsWeb Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TheShipsList/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >