Mongolia, 1904

Item

Identifier: imm-0225

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1904

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Atlantic Transport Line

Builder and location: New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ

Tonnage and dimensions: 13,635 tons; 600' x 65'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 1 funnel

Passengers: Cabin: 300; 3rd class: 1,450

Routes: London-NY; Hamburg-NY

History: Laid down as MINNELORA for ATL, but launched as MONGOLIA for Pacific Mail. Acquired in Aug. 1915 by Atlantic Transport Line (of W. Va.), proceeded San-Francisco-S. America-NY. First transatlantic voyage Jan. 1916, last Mar. 1917 (9 RV). Became US troop tr

Legacy record identifier: Mongolia1904