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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.

Mary Stewart on August 10, 2008 at 03:59 PM said:

I just found quite a few pictures of the Morro Castle after it had burned. My uncle was a photographer the pictures are in excellent condition.

Bill Gill on August 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM said:

I am researching family history and needed information regarding a Clyde Line ship that departed Jacksonville FL to New York on October 14,1916. Mike responded to my email within the hour and was able to give me the name of the ship and captain!

Thanks so much for your assistance.

MaryAnn Turner on July 28, 2008 at 02:54 PM said:

I was just going through various websites looking for information on the Morro Castle disaster and saw your site. I linked on and saw the wonderful pictures. I then clicked on the "Guest Book" and I think that the posting from Susan Bain is in regard to my mother, Dorothy, who was on the Morro Castle when it went down. She was with her friend, Mae, and Mae's mother. They often went on cruises together back then. My mother didn't talk much about that day, but she did tell me about being in the water for many hours before being rescued, and how her friend's mother passed away while they were in the water. People originally thought that she was dead, but an alert young man on board the boat that rescued them noticed a slight pulse and she was transported to a hospital. I think of that disaster often. My Mother passed away many years ago. If there is anyway I can get in touch with Susan I would love to know if our families were friends from back then.

Jeff White on July 10, 2008 at 06:23 PM said:

I am reading a book about the Morro Castle and I like to try to do aditional research as I read thru I found your site by chance. I was very impressed with everything I saw. You have compiled a lot of great info on many various ships, I looking forwar to revisiting it again soon. Do you do War ships as well? USS OBrien? Thanks

Jeff White

Susan Bain on May 30, 2008 at 05:58 PM said:

My Aunt, who just passed away last year was aboard the Morro Castle. She took her Mom on her first vacation. Her mother was married to a drunk who used to beat her and he died in the streets of NY. Her Mom went to work for the subways which were just being built at this time to support her two daughters. My Aunt's Mom died on this trip. She was in her 40s. My Aunt was 24. She said they had a wonderful night dancing and diner and they all went to bed when someone knocked on their door after 1:00 PM to say they needed to leave the ship because it was on fire. My Aunt was with her friend she referred to as Little Dot, she, her friend Dot and her Mom jumped from the ship in life perservers because the crew had taken the small boats for themselves. She said she passed out when all three of them were holding hands waiting for help. They were near the harbor but it was cold. She did not find out that her Mom died until she woke up in a hospital. Her sister blamed my Aunt for their mothers death and my Aunt who was one of the most beautiful people you would ever know lived with that the rest of her life. She passed away at the age of 97.

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