S. S. Philadelphia (David Orans, 1909)

Orans Family

David Orans (and family) arrived in New York on November 21, 1909 on board the S. S. Philadelphia of the American Line. On a later certificate dated December 13, 1913, he is listed as traveling as "David Arans," "Lithographer," "Destination: New York, to Brother."

S. S. PHILADELPHIA
From: North Atlantic Seaway by N. R. P. Bonsor, vol.1, p.245:
She was launched in 1889 by J&G Thomson at Glasgow as the "City of Paris" for the Inman Line and ran on their Liverpool - Queenstown - New York service. In 1893 she was transferred to the American flag and became the "Paris" for the American Line and was employed on their Southampton - NY run. In 1898 she became the US armed cruiser "Yale" and later the same year resumed NY - Southampton as the "Paris". In 1899 she went aground off the Cornish coast, was refloated and rebuilt at Belfast as the "Philadelphia" and used from 1901 in the Southampton - Cherbourg - NY service. She also called at Queenstown (Cobh). In 1914 she was transferred to the Liverpool - NY run and 1918 became the US Transport "Harrisburg". In 1920 she went back to the NY - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Southampton run as the "Philadelphia" and in 1922 sold to the New York - Naples Steamship Co. and employed on the NY - Gibraltar - Naples service where she was arrested for debt and scrapped in Genoa in 1923. Her original dimensions were 10499 gross tons, 527.6ft x 63.2ft., clipper stem, three funnels, three masts, twin screw giving 20 knots. Accommodation for 540 1st, 200 2nd, 1000 3rd class passengers. After rebuilding at Belfast, her funnels were reduced to two and her tonnage increased to 10786. -- Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 30 June 1997 and to The ShipsList - 18 October 1997

American Line Piers, New York Harbor, c. 1905

American Line Poster by Henri Cassiers


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