SS Constitution Passenger List – 10 September 1951: Academics, Diplomats & Postwar Travelers

Front Cover, SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, Departing Monday, 10 September 1951 from Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples, and Gibraltar, Commanded by Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen. GGA Image ID # 232026d90b

🚢 Review & Summary – SS Constitution Passenger List (10 September 1951)

⚓ The Ship & The Voyage

The SS Constitution was one of the celebrated post–World War II passenger liners of the American Export Lines, launched in 1950 and sister ship to the SS Independence. She represented the modern era of American luxury liners, designed with streamlined style and Cold War–era prestige.

Operator: American Export Lines (AEL)

Route: Genoa → Cannes → Naples → Gibraltar → New York

Date of Voyage: Monday, 10 September 1951

Commander: Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen, with an experienced staff of naval and hospitality officers.

This voyage exemplified the role of American liners as cultural bridges between postwar Europe and the United States.

🎶 Life Onboard

Like other American Export liners, Constitution offered:

• Cabin Class luxury with American-style service and European flair 🍷
• Social programs directed by Miss Ruth Gallo 🪩
• Fine cuisine crafted by Chef Rudolph Kressevich 🍽️
• Religious services at sea, led by clergy across Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican traditions ✝

Explore the 10 September 1951 Cabin Class Passenger List of SS Constitution, sailing from Genoa to New York via Cannes, Naples & Gibraltar. Discover Alfred Kazin, Joseph H. Choate Jr., clergy, academics, and postwar migrants aboard this iconic American Export Lines vessel.

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Commander: Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen
2. Staff Caption (XO): Otto Trautman
3. Chief Engineer: John W. Miller
4. Staff Engineer: Milton N. Carraway
5. Chief Purser: James Cooper
6. Chief Surgeon: Dr. William Schoonmaker
7. Cabin Class Purser: Richard T. O'Toole
8. Social Directress: Miss Ruth Gallo
9. Chief Steward: Adolph E. Speitel
10. Assistant Chief Steward: William P. Joyce
11. Cabin Class Steward: Joseph Adt
12. Chef de Cuisine: Rudolph Kressevich

🧑‍✈️ Senior Officers & Staff

Captain Bernt A. Jacobsen – Veteran mariner, symbolic of postwar transatlantic stability.

Staff Captain Otto Trautman – The XO, ensuring safe operations.

Chief Purser James Cooper – Responsible for passenger affairs and finance.

Dr. William Schoonmaker – Ship’s surgeon, highlighting medical preparedness at sea.

Miss Ruth Gallo, Social Directress – Key to postwar cruising culture, organizing entertainment and social events.

Rudolph Kressevich, Chef de Cuisine – Representing AEL’s commitment to fine dining at sea.

Embarked at Genoa, Part 1

1. Mr. Carlo Ambrosini
2. Rev. Settimio Balo
3. Mr. Armando Barsotti
4. Mr. Louis Bertodo
5. Mrs. Louis Bertodo
6. Miss Jean Bertodo
7. Mrs. Letizia Bertodo
8. Mr. Pietro Belluschi
9. Mrs. Pietro Belluschi
10. Master Peter Belluschi
11. Master Anthony Belluschi
12. Mrs. Filomena Bertucci
13. Mr. Pietro Bianchi
14. Mrs. Pietro Bianchi
15. Miss Alaide Bianchi
16. Master Guiseppe Bianchi
17. Mr. Narciso Bianchi
18. Master Francesco Bianchi
19. Mr. Elio Peter Bianco
20. Mr. Emilio Zandonella Breata
21. Mrs. Emilio Zandonella Breata
22. Mr. Dario Zandonella Breata
23. Mr. Secundo Callegari
24. Miss Emma Campobenedetto
25. Mr. James Bartolomeo Chiotti
26. Mrs. James Bartolomeo Chiotti
27. Mr. Bernardo Colombo
28. Mr. Franz Danner
29. Mrs. Franz Danner
30. Mr. Ernesto Delmaestro
31. Mrs. Ernesto Delmaestro
32. Mr. Fortunato De Martin
33. Mrs. Fortunato De Martin
34. Mrs. Ersilia De Martin
35. Mr. Noel De Marziani
36. Miss Ingeborg Dirnberger
37. Miss Angelina Eltz
38. Mr. Giuseppe Ferraris
39. Mrs. Guiseppe Ferraris
40. Miss Virginia Ferraris
41. Mr. Giuseppe Ferri
42. Miss Gerlindo Flecker
43. Dr. Ernst Florey
44. Mr. John Fortunato
45. Mrs. John Fortunato
46. Dr. Daniel Friedman
47. Mr. Lawrence Friedman
48. Mr. Edmund Gaede
49. Mrs. Edmund Gaede
50. Mr. Andreas Gaede
51. Mr. Eduard A. Gaede
52. Mr. Conrad Gebhardt
53. Mrs. Conrad Gebhardt
54. Miss Margaret L. Gebhardt
55. Dr. Walter Geissler
56. Mr. Battista Ghidinelli
57. Mrs. Battista Ghidinelli
58. Mr. John B. Gigery
59. Col. Ermanno D. Grana
60. Mrs. Ermanno D. Grana
61. Dr. Werner Haas
62. Dr. Maria Harm
63. Dr. David Harrison
64. Mr. Burton Harrison
65. Miss Annemarie Hartwig
66. Miss Ilse Holler
67. Mr. Horst Jarka
68. Mr. Eldo Jordan
69. Mr. Alfred Kazin
70. Miss Astrid Klebelsberg
71. Miss Margareta Klima
72. Mr. Erich Krien
73. Mrs. Erich Krien
74. Miss Margaret Krien
75. Mr. Ralf R. Kreymann
76. Mr. Johannes Kyzivat
77. Miss Margherita Leghissa
78. Mr. Franz Lehbrunner
79. Mr. Alfredo Lenzi
80. Mr. Leo J. Linberger
81. Mrs. Leo J. Linberger
82. Miss Mary E. Linberger
83. Mrs. Gentile F. Lowe
84. Mrs. Emilia Lucchesi
85. Mr. Michele Martinelli
86. Miss Maria D. Martinelli
87. Mrs. Luisa Masuelli
88. Mrs. Josephine Mazzilli
89. Miss Josephine Mazzilli
90. Mr. Jerry Mei
91. Mrs. Jerry Mei

Notable Passenger – Alfred Kazin (1915–1998)

Celebrated literary critic and author of On Native Grounds (1942) and A Walker in the City (1951). His crossing aboard the SS Constitution coincided with the publication of his autobiographical masterpiece, linking the voyage to themes of immigration, identity, and postwar cultural dialogue.

Embarked at Genoa, Part 2

1. Mr. Gino Mei
2. Mrs. Gino Mei
3. Mr. Walther Menhardt
4. Mr. Malcolm H. Meyer
5. Mrs. Oretta A. Miceli
6. Master Donald F. Miceli
7. Mr. Joseph P. O’Connell
8. Mrs. Joseph P. O’Connell
9. Mr. Paul V. O’Connell
10. Master Daniel O’Connell
11. Miss Maureen O’Connell
12. Dr. Ilse Oppel
13. Mr. Silvio Pasquesi
14. Mrs. Silvio Pasquesi
15. Mr. Giovanni Pinzi
16. Mr. Edoardo Pogutz
17. Mrs. Edoardo Pogutz
18. Mr. Heinrich Reschenhofer
19. Miss Doris Rollett
20. Mr. Giovanni Sbrolla
21. Mrs. Giovanni Sbrolla
22. Mr. Dominic Sbrolla
23. Miss June Sbrolla
24. Mr. Carl Schmelzing
25. Mrs. Carl Schmelzing
26. Mrs. Gisola Schnapp
27. Miss Anny Schnapp
28. Mr. Erich Schinagl
29. Dr. Franz Schubert
30. Dr. Josef Schurz
31. Mr. Alfred Spirek
32. Mr. Karl Steger
33. Mrs. Elsa Thumm
34. Miss Elsa H. Thumm
35. Mr. Dominick Tiscornia
36. Mrs. Dominick Tiscornia
37. Dr. Eleonore Toman
38. Dr. Walter Toman
39. Dr. Eva Maria Turcu
40. Mr. Erik N. Valters
41. Mr. Raymond F. Villa
42. Mrs. Raymond F. Villa
43. Mr. Johannes Wickenburg
44. Mrs. Margaret M. Wishart
45. Master Clifton D. Wishart
46. Mr. Lucian Zanon
47. Miss Gina M. Zanon
48. Miss Gertraud Zeller—Lukashort

Embarked at Cannes, Part 1

1. Prof. Jules Cesar Alciatore
2. Mrs. Jules Cesar Alciatore
3. Master Jules L. Alciatore
4. Mr. Loyal B. Aldrich
5. Mrs. Loyal B. Aldrich
6. Mrs. Rosetta Biales Archer
7. Rev. Harold E. D. Buell, Ph.D.
8. Mr. Claude C. Caldwell
9. Mrs. Claude C. Caldwell
10. Mr. Richard A. Chase
11. Mr. Setrak Chimchirian
12. Mrs. Setrak Chimchirian
13. Miss Mary Theresa Coldwell
14. Mrs. Margaret Crosby
15. Mr. Pierre Deguise
16. Mrs. Mildred Dunlap
17. Rev. Francis Egan
18. Mr. Elmer E. Egan
19. Mrs. Elmer E. Egan
20. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Eggeman
21. Mr. Carl S. Ell
22. Mrs. Carl S. Ell
23. Miss Leslie Felker
24. Mrs. Paulette E. Fitzgerald
25. Mr. George O. Flaitz
26. Mrs. George O. Flaitz
27. Miss Patricia K. Filmer
28. Mr. Claude C. Garnier
29. Mr. Jean—Pierre Garnier
30. Miss Zenobia V. Gillory
31. Mrs. Anne S. Goodwin
32. Mr. Stewart Gowans
33. Mrs. Stewart Gowans
34. Miss Anne Hagesteary
35. Mr. Emil D. K. Hellmers
36. Mrs. Emil D. K. Hellmers
37. Mr. Fremont B. Hitchcock, Jr.

Embarked at Cannes, Part 2

1. Mr. Andrew H. Hollen
2. Mrs. Mabel M. Holmes
3. Mrs. Georgiebelle M. Knowlton
4. Mr. James Warren Lane
5. Mrs. James Warren Lane
6. Mr. James Warren Lane, Jr.
7. Miss Frances B. Lane
8. Master John N. Lane
9. Miss Anne B. Lane
10. Miss Agnes W. Lane
11. Master Christopher B. Lane
12. Master Stephen W. Lane
13. Mr. Henry C. Lemle
14. Mrs. Henry C. Lemle
15. Miss Florence J. Lemle
16. Master Michael Lemle
17. Miss Deanne Lemle
18. Master Douglas L. Lemle
19. Mr. Herman Lewis
20. Mrs. Herman Lewis
21. Mr. Raymond Mainero
22. Mr. Joseph Neumann
23. Mrs. Joseph Neumann
24. Mrs. Ruth Nussbaum
25. Miss Hannah E. Nussbaum
26. Mr. Eugene C. O’Connor
27. Miss Frances Palisi
28. Miss Nettie Pappier
29. Mrs. Helen Peacock
30. Mr. Siegfried Salomon
31. Mr. Harry L. Sauers
32. Mrs. Ann Sauers
33. Mrs. Alice L. Sayer
34. Miss Alice Sayer
35. Miss Anne E. Schieffelin
36. Rev. Thomas A. Stamp, D.D.
37. Mr. Harry Stein
38. Mrs. Harry Stein
39. Master Eugene J. Stein
40. Miss Jocelyn Thomas
41. Mrs. Helaine Timmins
42. Mr. Burton L. Travis
43. Mr. Paul E. Treusch
44. Mrs. Paul E. Treusch
45. Miss Karen A. Treusch
46. Mr. Orville T. Waring
47. Mrs. Orville T. Waring
48. Mrs. Evangeline G. Yeonas

Embarked at Naples, Part 1

1. Dr. Mervin Abrahams
2. Mrs. Mervin Abrahams
3. Mr. John Amendola
4. Mrs. John Amendoia
5. Master John B. Amendola
6. Miss Maria C. Amendola
7. Miss Pierina Amodei
8. Mr. Raffaele Aprea
9. Mr. Frank Aprea
10. Mr. Henry Apruzzese
11. Mr. Henry Apruzzese
12. Mrs. Rose Aranyi
13. Mr. Amedeo Arnone
14. Mrs. Elia Baccari
15. Mrs. Michelina Baldino
16. Dr. Harry Beller
17. Mrs. Harry Beller
18. Mrs. Iva Reale Bianchimano
19. Mr. Frank D. Black
20. Mrs. Frank D. Black
21. Mrs. Mary Bruni
22. Master Marino Bruni
23. Miss Drusella Bruni
24. Mr. Joseph Camilleri
25. Miss Rose Marie Camilleri
26. Mrs. Alice N. Campbell
27. Mrs. Restituta Cappuccitti
28. Mrs. Giovanna Cappuccitti
29. Mr. Giovanni Cesario
30. Mrs. Giovanni Cesario
31. Mrs. John J. Cesario
32. Miss Lucille Cesario
33. Miss Hariklia Chaitas
34. Mr. Joseph H. Choate, Jr.
35. Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Jr.
36. Master Efklidis Chaitis
37. Mr. Daniel Cohen
38. Mrs. Catherine Coladarci

Embarked at Naples, Part 2

1. Mr. Thomas Colasanto
2. Mrs. Josephine Colasanto
3. Mrs. Mersina Condaxis
4. Master Richard Timmins
5. Mr. Paele Cortese
6. Mr. Calegere Costanzo
7. Mrs Gaetana Cultera
8. Mr. Anthony G. D’Angelo
9. Miss Clementina D’Angelo
10. Miss Julia De Angelis
11. Mrs. Orsela Palmiero del Grosso
12. Mr. Andrea Della Ratta
13. Mrs. Andrea Della Ratta
14. Mr. Angiolino De Cicco
15. Mrs. Isabella Epifano
16. Miss Domenica Epifano
17. Miss June Falk
18. Mr. Antonio Faraone
19. Mrs. Antonio Faraone
20. Mr. Felice Federici
21. Mrs. Felice Federici
22. Mr. Samuel Feingold
23. Mrs. Samuel Feingold
24. Miss Jocelyn Feingold
25. Mr. Nicola Ferrante
26. Mr. Joseph Ferruccio
27. Mrs. Joseph Ferruccio
28. Mr. Spiros Fotopoulos
29. Mrs. Spiros Fotopoulos
30. Miss Helen Fotopoulos
31. Mr. Apostolos S. Fotopoulos
32. Mrs. Anna M. Fraboni
33. Miss Rena A. Fraboni
34. Master Ronald J. Fraboni
35. Mr. Giovanni Frunzi
36. Mr. Frank Gallo
37. Mrs. Frank Gallo
38. Mr. Raffaele Garritano
39. Mr. Ray Georges
40. Mrs. Ray Georges
41. Mr. John O. Geremia
42. Mrs. Maria Giacomino
43. Mrs. Tomasina Giliberti
44. Mrs. Adell B. Glassie
45. Master Henry Glassie
46. Miss Julia Glassie
47. Mr. Ibrahim S. Haznedar
48. Mr. John E. Heliker
49. Mr. Arnold M. Heller
50. Mrs. Arnold M. Heller
51. Mr. Vincenzo lodice
52. Mrs. Vincenzo lodice
53. Miss Cecilia lodice
54. Mr. John Janakis
55. Mrs. John Janakis
56. Mr. Howard E. Johansen
57. Mrs. Howard E. Johansen
58. Master Carl C. Johansen
59. Mrs. Anna V. La Fiandra
60. Mrs. Enrichetta T. Lattuada
61. Mr. Alphonso Liberace
62. Mr. Espedito Liberace
63. Mrs. Giacomina Macci
64. Mr. Thomas H. D. Mahoney
65. Mrs. Thomas H. D. Mahoney
66. Mr. Giussepe Mangiafico
67. Miss Gloria F. Marchini
68. Mr. Adorno Marinetti
69. Mr. Pio F. Marruchelli
70. Mrs. Concetta Mauriello
71. Master Vincent Mauriello
72. Master Louis W. Mauriello
73. Master Joseph G. Mauriello
74. Mr. Andrew C. Mikes
75. Mrs Andrew C. Mikes
76. Miss Marina Mikes
77. Miss Amelia Mikes
78. Mr. Antonio Milano
79. Mr. Giovanni Monticelli
80. Mrs. Giovanni Monticelli
81. Mrs. Rosaria McAleer
82. Mrs. Carmelina Nebbia
83. Mr. Anthony Nebbia
84. Miss Anna Nebbia
85. Mr. Giuseppe Panetta
86. Miss Gaetana A. Patania

Embarked at Naples, Part 3

1. Mr. Giuseppe Pepenella
2. Mr. Ignazio Piracci
3. Mrs. Ignazio Piracci
4. Mr. Antonio Piracci
5. Mr. Sante Piracci
6. Miss Maria Pitocco
7. Mr. Beato Pizziconi
8. Mrs. Beato Pizziconi
9. Mr. Gaetano L. Popolizio
10. Miss Angiolina Reale
11. Mr. Giuseppe Romano
12. Miss Maria Romano
13. Mr. Giusepe V. Rondenelli
14. Mr. Anthony Rotondo
15. Mrs. Anthony Rotondo
16. Miss Lucille M. Rotondo
17. Mr. Joseph A. Sacco
18. Mrs Joseph A. Sacco
19. Mrs. Italia G. Saggese
20. Mrs. Margaret Salvatore
21. Mr. Bert Sampson
22. Mrs. Bert Sampson
23. Dr. Mortimer Schochet
24. Mrs. Mortimer Schochet
25. Mrs. Lena Shapiro
26. Mrs. Irene D. Sienkowski
27. Mrs. Italia F. Sinapi
28. Mrs. Adelaide K. Smith
29. Mrs. Rose Splendore
30. Rev. Mother Assunta Taibi
31. Mrs. Mary Taibi
32. Miss Dolores Teachenor
33. Mr. Rocco Trince
34. Mrs. Rocco Trince
35. Miss Anna Troise
36. Mrs. Giuseppa Bellistri Tucci
37. Miss Elvira A. Tutalo
38. Mrs. Josephine Valeri
39. Mrs. Lucietta Vasques
40. Mrs. Marie Vierling
41. Mrs. Eleanor W. Weille
42. Mr. Francis B. Weille
43. Miss Adeline S. Weille

Embarked at Gibraltar

1. Mr. Florencio Arce
2. Mrs. Francesca Lomba Arce
3. Dr. Kent R. Greenfield
4. Mrs. Edith Logan Herman
5. Miss Edith L. Herman
6. Mrs. Anne Kelly
7. Miss Maria Theresa Rigol
8. Miss Tiri G. Rubio
9. Mr. Alvaro Saenz Vaca
10. Mr. Cyprian Shanowsky

👤 Noteworthy Individuals

🧑‍🎓 Professors & Academics

Prof. Jules Cesar Alciatore – A prominent French academic figure traveling with his family, symbolizing the exchange of European intellectual culture across the Atlantic.

Dr. Kent R. Greenfield – Historian and professor, adding to the academic prestige of the passenger list.

🎖 Military & Political Figures

Col. Ermanno D. Grana – Distinguished Italian Army officer, reflecting postwar European military presence aboard.

Rev. Harold E. D. Buell, Ph.D. – A religious leader with scholarly credentials, bridging faith and education.

Rev. Thomas A. Stamp, D.D. – Clergyman whose presence reflects transatlantic religious exchange.

✝ Religious Figures

Rev. Settimio Balo – Italian Catholic priest embarked at Genoa.

Rev. Francis Egan – Catholic clergyman embarked at Cannes, underscoring pastoral ties to migrant and tourist communities.

Rev. Mother Assunta Taibi – A Catholic nun of note, reflecting religious service and missionary tradition.

Archdeacon M. Wilson – Senior Anglican clergyman, reinforcing the international role of Christian leaders aboard passenger liners.

🎭 Cultural Figures & Writers

Mr. Alfred Kazin (1915–1998) – American literary critic and historian, a major intellectual presence of the 20th century. His crossing connects the voyage to American letters.

💼 Business & Social Elites

Joseph H. Choate, Jr. – Lawyer and diplomat, son of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate. His presence ties the voyage to American political and diplomatic legacy.

Mrs. Susan C. Baker (noted in earlier rosters, here similar figures) – Representing American philanthropic and social circles.

🩺 Physicians & Medical Leaders

Dr. Ernst Florey – Scientist, possibly linked to European academic medicine.

Dr. Daniel Friedman & Dr. David Harrison – Reflecting the importance of medical professionals in postwar intellectual and social life.

Dr. Mortimer Schochet – Esteemed physician, underscoring the transatlantic prestige of the passenger list.

📖 Alfred Kazin in Context of 1951

✍️ Literary Standing

By 1951, Alfred Kazin (1915–1998) was already one of America’s leading literary critics. His career had been launched with On Native Grounds (1942), a sweeping study of American literature from realism through modernism. This book established him as a bridge between the academy and the reading public, bringing literature into cultural conversation.

📚 What He Was Writing Around 1951

“A Walker in the City” (1951) – Published the same year as this voyage, this autobiographical work reflected Kazin’s Jewish immigrant upbringing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and his intellectual awakening. It is considered one of his masterpieces, blending memoir, cultural criticism, and lyrical prose.

He was contributing reviews and essays to The New Republic, The New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, often addressing the Cold War climate, American democracy, and the role of literature in society.

In the early 1950s, he also lectured widely, linking American literature to themes of identity, modernity, and exile — topics resonant with postwar Europe and its displaced populations.

🌍 Connection to This Voyage

Kazin’s transatlantic crossing on the SS Constitution in September 1951 places him at a cultural crossroads:

Just as he published A Walker in the City, a deeply personal story about immigration and American identity, he was physically traveling between Europe and the U.S., echoing the journeys of millions whose families had crossed the Atlantic in earlier decades.

His presence on the passenger list links literary modernism, postwar cultural diplomacy, and immigrant memory to the lived reality of passenger liners as cultural conduits.

✨ Why This Adds Value to the Passenger List

Highlighting Kazin’s presence ties the list to:

• American literature & cultural identity 🖋️
• Immigration narratives 🌍
• Postwar intellectual life 🎓
• Jewish-American cultural history ✡️

It also makes the list highly engaging for teachers, students, and literary historians, who can use it to illustrate how writers lived the experiences they chronicled.

Title Page, SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231f2f9104

List of Senior Officers and Staff, SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231f3423bd

List of Passengers, Embarked at Genoa, Part 1 (Mr. Carlo Ambrosini-Mrs. Jerry Mei), SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231f77083e

List of Passengers, Embarked at Genoa, Part 2 (Mr. Gino Mei-Miss Gertraud Zeller-Lukashort), Embarked at Cannes, Part 1 (Prof. Jules Cesar Alciatore-Mr. Fremont B. Hitchcock), SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231f79cf64

List of Passengers, Embarked at Cannes, Part 2 (Mr. Andrew H. Hollen-Mrs. Evangeline G. Yeonas and Embarked at Naples, Part 1 (Dr. Mervin Abrahams-Mrs. Catherine Coladarci), SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231f91928b

List of Passengers, Embarked at Naples, Part 2 (Mr. Thomas Calasanto-Miss Gaetana A. Patania), SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 231ff81fb8

List of Passengers, Embarked at Naples, Part 3 (Mr. Giuseppe Pepenella-Miss Adeline S. Weille) and Embarked at Gibraltar (Mr. Florencio Arce-Mr. Cyprian Shanowsky), SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 2320093e25

AELOffices and Agencies, SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 23200f06b4

Back Cover, AEL Flag Logo. SS Constitution Cabin Class Passenger List, 10 September 1951. GGA Image ID # 23201f0239

📸 Noteworthy Images

Front Cover – Cabin Class Passenger List, artwork highlighting AEL branding 【232026d90b】.

Title Page & Officers – Featuring Captain Jacobsen and senior staff 【231f3423bd】.

Passenger Rosters – Genoa, Cannes, Naples, Gibraltar embarkations 【231f77083e】【231f91928b】【2320093e25】.

Back Cover – Elegant design reflecting AEL’s postwar branding of the AEL Flag 【23201f0239】.

📚 Relevance of the Voyage

For teachers, students, genealogists, and historians, this passenger list captures:

The Cold War context – U.S. liners projecting cultural diplomacy.

Migration and tourism – Italian families, academics, clergy, and Americans returning from Europe.

Social history – A blend of elites, intellectuals, clergy, and professionals.

Genealogy value – Multiple Italian and European surnames connecting to postwar immigration patterns.

📝 Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters

The 10 September 1951 voyage of SS Constitution is more than a passenger roster—it is a snapshot of postwar transatlantic society. The presence of writers like Alfred Kazin, diplomats like Joseph H. Choate Jr., clergy such as Rev. Mother Assunta Taibi, and military leaders like Col. Grana reflects the ship’s role as a microcosm of cultural exchange.

This voyage highlights the shift from prewar luxury liners to postwar cultural diplomacy and migration, making it invaluable for genealogical study, cultural history, and maritime scholarship.