[Rarebooks] FS: S.S. "Garfield" World Cruise, 1925

[Bob Petrilla]

Dollar Steamship Line. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE:
SOUVENIR PASSENGER LIST, VOYAGE FIVE, S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD" San
Francisco: Dollar Steamship Line, 1925. Original edition. 8pp; illustrated
in color. Includes basic information on the Dollar Steamship Line and its
"President" Liners as well as Information for Passengers, Nautical Terms,
The Religion of Travel, itinerary for the May 14 to August 12 cruise,
ship's officers, and the list of 89 passengers. Color-pictorial wrappers.
7" x 5.5"
Very Good.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the following information on this ship: "USS Refuge
(AH-11), was a hospital ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
The ship was built in 1921 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., of Camden,
New Jersey, as SS Blue Hen State, but was renamed President Garfield in
1923 and then SS President Madison in 1940 for service with American
President Lines. Acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration
on 11 April 1942 the ship was commissioned as the transport USS Kenmore
until conversion to a hospital ship." $50.00

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