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Barbara Luna on August 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM said:

I found this site while researching my grandfather, who was a crew member on the Jalisco in 1924. Your research has allowed me to get a glimpse of the ship he sailed on in his youth.

thank you.

Ena Nearon Menefield on July 14, 2010 at 09:59 AM said:

I found this site while doing research on a ship that my grandfather, Charles Maxwell Nearon worked. My family is from Bermuda and he worked as a cook on the barge Henry Cramp. His ship disappeared off of the coast of South Carolina and he never returned to Bermuda, leaving a family of 8 with my grandmother. I am anxious to obtain any information regarding the accident and the surrounding circumstances. Did anyone else's family member disappear with the loss of this ship? I can be contacted at enan0510@netzero.net. Thank you!

Pamela on May 12, 2010 at 11:53 AM said:

I having a love of old photos have a photo with names on the back which I purchased at an antique store here in Florida..The boys names are Rolfe and Alric/Aldrick Pottberg. abt. 1916. In researching these names I have found that their dad, Ernest E. Pottberg died on this ship in cabin 247. Unbelievable, wish I could find some family who may want this large framed photo...

Marlen Riveron on March 29, 2010 at 09:12 PM said:

I was born in Cuba and remember my mother telling me of her cousin taking trips from Havana to Miami and back. I wonder if she was ever a passenger on one of the Ward Line ships; I'll have to ask her. I've often heard my mother and other Cubans mention Cubana de Navegacion. Thank you for this beautiful and informative web site. I enjoyed looking at all the pictures of the ships in the beautiful Havana harbor of my childhood. Wish things had never changed in my country and that we could still take a ship bound for Cuba today. I'm grateful to be in the U.S.A., but can't help feeling sad for our paradise lost.

Marc Ward on March 28, 2010 at 10:34 AM said:

Great website. I am a steamship memorabilia collector, and I have yet to add a piece of Ward Line china to my collection. I am ever-vigilant, but feel like I am letting the family name down! (although I currently know of no family connection to James Ward). Anyway, thanks for sharing all of the information.

Marian Lee on December 27, 2009 at 08:04 PM said:

My mom was on the USAT Barry when the Army was using it to bring military dependents to Okinawa...wanted to know if anyone knew what year that could have been,pictures and what port the ship departed the states......love to hear my mom tell the adventure it was 18 days...my dad was already in Okinawa.....

Thanks

Jack Alexander on November 22, 2009 at 01:40 PM said:

November 11/22/09

Now I am 87 years old, however I remember clearly the day my aunt took me to see the ship buring ooout at sea. I don't know whatg was more exciting for a small boy, a ride in a 1928 Model A Ford or seeing the ship afire?

jaxletter@aol.com

Lourdes Cabral on September 30, 2009 at 08:21 PM said:

I am from Cuba, and I know a gentleman that is from Cuba too, and his father was a cooker in tha Morro Castle ship. I did not know many things about the story, I just know, because there were a singer trio from Cuba, very popular in latin america, that create a beautiful and sad song. I always cry when I heard that song. The name of the trio, Trio Matamoros, and you can find them in Itube. The name of the song, El Morro Castle.

Carl on September 9, 2009 at 10:18 AM said:

This is a wonderful website about the overall history of the Ward Line.

Here are two additional resources for those interested in American ocean liners and the SS United States. Both are Yahoo Groups and require membership but it's simple and easy to sign up.

American Ocean Liner Collective - Covers all American ocean liners:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanOceanLinerCollective/

The SS United States Group - Focus is on the legendary SS United States:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSSUnitedStatesGroup/

Carl-

Susan Sweeney Bain on July 11, 2009 at 07:15 PM said:

My Aunt Mae was on the Morro Castle. She took her Mom on her first vacation. My Aunt was 24, her Mom was 47 and her Mom left her husband after a physically abusive relationship. My Aunt Mae always talked about the wonderful vacation they had and not about their disastrous end. The last thing she remembered on this trip was her friend little Dot, her Mom and her clasping hands in the water after they jumped from the ship. She did not know until later that she lost her Mom on this trip. The night the ship sank she said they enjoyed a wonderful diner and an evening of dancing and just when they were about to go to sleep someone had knocked on their cabin door and said that the ship was on fire and they needed to get to the top deck. Her memory was disbelief but they checked on things and saw most people were going to the deck so they all went too. Quite a few years later I was with my Aunt visiting the Queen Mary/Spruce Goose in orange county California. She said that they had to jump from the Morro Castle ship and she said that when they jumped the ship was as high up as the Queen Mary. Even after all this every time I spoke to my Aunt about the Morro Castle she expressed a positive light. She spoke about their trip, their vacation before this disaster and not about the disaster and said that her, her friend and her Mom had the best vacation. This was the beginning of hundreds of vacations my Aunt enjoyed in her life. She passed away just 2 years ago at the age of 97.

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dicks dock on November 25, 2008 at 01:41 PM said:

sorry for the lack of my E/mail on my last inquiry it is customfalls@yohoo.com Thanks

dicks dock on November 25, 2008 at 01:36 PM said:

looking for info on how to find ships sailing from St John NB between Jan 1st 1917 and 1st of April 1917. would be nice to be able to get Ships name and Passenger list. Thanks in advance. Dick

JoAnn on October 29, 2008 at 04:29 PM said:

My brother and mother came on the USAT Thomas H Barry in 1946. I am doing research on this ship and want to know if there are any survivors that also docked in New York on 6/27/1946? I can be emailed at JoAnnJAE@aol.com

Jay on September 12, 2008 at 02:36 PM said:

My father was fifteen years old and was driven to New Jersey to see the ship after it ran aground. No photos, just recollections.

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