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President Polk, 1921

 Item
Identifier: imm-0258
Image of President Polk (1921); mkey 333045

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: 1921

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: United States Line

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

Tonnage and dimensions: 10,500 tons; 502' x 62'

Machinery and speed: Twin-screw, 14 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 1 funnel

Routes: NY-London

History: Ex-GRANITE STATE. Purchased by Dollar Line in 1924. Renamed PRESIDENT TAYLOR in 1940. Stranded and abandoned off Canton Island, February 1942.

Legacy record identifier: President Polk1921

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367