SS Cleveland Passenger Lists 1923-1930
SS Cleveland (1908) of the Hamburg-American Line. GGA Image ID # 1d32acef97
Cleveland (1908) Hamburg-American Line
Built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany. Tonnage: 16,971. Dimensions: 588' x 65'. Twin-screw, 16 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Four masts and two funnels. Passengers: 239 first, 224 second, 2,391 third. Maiden voyage: Hamburg-Southampton-Cherbourg-New York, March 27, 1909. Note: Inaugurated a new service to Boston, along with the Cincinnati in May 1913. Renamed (a) Mobile (1917), (b) King Alexander (1920), (c) Cleveland (1923). Scrapped in Germany, 1933. Sister ship: Cincinnati.
Sister ship to the Cincinnati, a fine pair of intermediate steamers with big emigrant accommodation and large cargo capacity.
1913. May. With her sister ship, the Cincinnati, inaugurated new service from Hamburg to Boston.
1914. At commencement of war she was at Hamburg.
1919. Ceded to U.S. Government under Versailles Peace Treaty, and run as troopship under the name of Mobile.
1920. Sold to Byron S.S. Co. and renamed King Alexander, registered as British, Port of London. Used on emigration from Greece to U.S.A. Sold to United American Line.
1921. Sold to the Hamburg-American Line, renamed her original name, and went in service under her original flag.
Ï933, February. Sold to German shipbreakers.
All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Cleveland Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route.
1923-10-21 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: United American Lines (Harriman Line)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
- Date of Departure: 21 October 1923
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Southampton
- Commander: Captain W. P. Hillman
1925-05-08 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: United American Lines (Harriman Line)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
- Date of Departure: 8 May 1925
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain W. P. Hillman
1926-12-10 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Third Class
- Date of Departure: 10 December 1926
- Route: Hamburg to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
- Commander: Captain Luck
1929-10-17 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie | Hamburg America Line (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 17 October 1929
- Route: Hamburg to Boston and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Cobh (Queenstown)
- Commander: Captain Niss
1930-06-07 SS Cleveland Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Hamburg America Line / Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG)
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 7 June 1930
- Route: New York to Hamburg via Boston, Galway, and Cherbourg
- Commander: Captain W. Hennecke
Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to the passengers of each cabin class (and other classes). Many of these souvenir passenger lists have disappeared over the years. Our collection contains a sampling of what was originally produced and printed by the steamship lines.
⚠️ About Accuracy in Historical Records Research Tip
Context. The GG Archives presents passenger lists as faithfully as possible to the original documents. While OCR is generally accurate, portions of these collections—especially image captions and some transcriptions—are typed by hand and may include typographical or spelling variations. The original manifests themselves also contained clerical inconsistencies (names recorded phonetically, mid-voyage corrections, etc.).
What this means for your research:
- Search variant spellings of names (e.g., “Schmidt/Schmitt/Smith,” “Giuseppe/Joseph”).
- Cross-reference with immigration cards, passport applications, naturalization files, city directories, and newspapers.
- Treat manifests as primary sources with historical quirks—use them alongside corroborating records.
- For place names, consider historical borders and language variants (e.g., Danzig/Gdańsk, Trieste/Trst).
How to cite. When quoting a name from a manifest, consider adding [sic] for obvious misspellings and include a note such as “spelling as printed in original passenger list.”
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