SS Amerika Collection
Amerika (1905) Hamburg-American Line
Built by Harland & Wollt, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 22,225. Dimensions: 668' x 74'. Twin-screw, 18 knots. Four masts and two funnels. Renamed: (a) America, (b) Edmund B. Alexander. WW1 Service: interned at Boston during World War I and in 1917 converted into an American troopship. Post War Service: After the War she was sold to the United States Lines and used on the Atlantic Ferry again as a passenger liner, under the name America. Sold to the United States Government in 1932 and was laid up in the James River as a reserve transport. WW2 Service: During World War II, she was put back into government service and assigned the name Edmund B. Alexander.
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- Amerika (1905) Hamburg-American Line
- Passenger Lists
- Passage Contracts, Tickets, and Receipts
- Books
- Sailing Schedules
- Excerpts from Information for Passengers
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Passenger Lists
1907-08-08 SS Amerika Passenger List
Cabin Passenger List for the SS Amerika of the Hamburg America Line, Departing 8 August 1907 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain H. Knuth.
1908-11-12 SS Amerika Passenger List
Cabin Passenger List for the SS Amerika of the Hamburg America Line, Departing 12 November 1908 from Hamburg to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain H. Knuth.
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Passage Contracts, Tickets, and Receipts
1907-11-20 Prepaid Steerage Contract - German Immigrant Family
Steerage Prepaid Passage Contract issued by the Hamburg America Line on 20 November 1907 for passage from Hamburg, Germany to New York on the SS Amerika, and a Train from New York to Ellsworth, Minnesota for a German Immigrant Family.
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Books
The book profiles the opulent lifestyles aboard such floating palaces as Normandie, Rex, Olympic, Amerika, Queen Mary, France, Mauritania, Queen Elizabeth II, Imperator, and Titanic. "Perhaps the most readable book on the subject ever to have appeared" --Country Life. Black-and-white photographs.
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Sailing Schedules
Twin-Screw Express and Passenger Steamship Services, and Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Southampton-Boulogne sur Mer-Cherbourg-Plymouth-New York, from 23 August 2906 to 27 October 1906. Ships Included the Amerika, Batavia, Blücher, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Oceana, Patricia, Pennsylvania, and Pretoria. SS Moltke Passenger List, 21 August 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e43a0cfd7
Sailing Schedule, Hamburg-Boulogne sur Mer-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York, from 7 October 1909 to 15 February 1910. Ships Included the Amerika, Blücher, Bulgaria, Cincinnati, Deutschland, Graf Waldersee, Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, Pennsylvania, President Grant, and the President Lincoln. SS Deutschland Passenger List, 7 October 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e41f7f6aa
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Excerpts from Information for Passengers
Important! Passengers' attention is called to the ships rules and regulations, a copy of which will be found in each cabin.
Passengers are requested to inquire for their Mail at the Information office.
Souvenir Postal Cards will be furnished to Passengers free of charge by the Information office.
A complete safe deposit system, comprising about 150 steel boxes, similar to those found in banks, has been installed on steamers "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria" and "Amerika." The boxes are assigned to Passengers upon application to the Purser, and the rental is $ 1.00 and $ 2.00 for the trip, according to the size of the box. To ensure the safety of valuables, each depositor receives a check for identification.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Service.
Communication is established nearly every day with either shore-stations or passing ships. The operator will receive messages for transmission at the time and rate stated on the Marconi bulletin.
The Hamburg America Line is not responsible for the transmission of the telegrams.
Passengers and their friends are informed that an office has been opened in Paris at 35 Boulevard des Capucines (opposite Rue Scribe) for the special purpose of accepting wireless messages for transmission through Marconi Coast Stations to Passengers on steamers fitted with Marconi apparatus. All information in connection with the service may be obtained at the above office.
Inquiry Office
On the Roosevelt Deck of the S. S. Amerika, an Inquiry Office of the Passenger Department has been established. This Office furnishes information to Passengers concerning the sailings of our steamers, the railway services from the port of arrival into the interior, the Pleasure and Health Cruises arranged by the Hamburg-American Line, and the various personally Conducted Tours managed by the Company's Tourist Office (Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amerika Linie).
It also provides information concerning the despatch of baggage, customhouse arrangements, and other essential questions to travelers. At the Inquiry Office, tickets are issued for the return passage either from or to America, for railway journeys from the various ports of arrival into the interior, for Pleasure and Health Cruises, and for Conducted Tours on shore.
The Inquiry Office is where the letters and telegrams arriving on board for Passengers are kept and delivered. In connection with the Inquiry Office, there is a Bookstall of the firm Georg Stilke, Berlin.
The Information Office also has complete control of all matters relating to change of staterooms and charge of all unoccupied cabins.
Source: SS Amerika Passenger List - 8 August 1907
