S.S. Dante Alighieri

The S.S. Dante Alighieri was a Transatlantica Italiana ocean liner that was built in November 28th, 1914 making her maiden voyage on February 10th, 1915 from Genoa to Palermo to New York. It was used as a U.S. troopship during World War I to port soldiers to France. After the war, it resumed the Genoa to New York service. In 1928, she was sold to a Japanese group and renamed Asahi Maru operating as a hospital ship during World War II. There was a collision with another ship in Japan 1944 and the vessel was damaged. It was scrapped in 1949.

• Length: 153.5 m (503 ft 7 in)
• Beam: 18.1 m (59 ft 5 in)
• Propulsion: Two steam engines, Twin screws
• Speed: 16 knots (26-27 Mph)
• Capacity: 9,754 tons
• Occupancy 100 1st class passengers, 260 2nd class passengers, and 1,825 3rd class passengers

Rosa Olivio (Born: 1893) and her children Rosina, Bruno, and Giovanna Saccaro were on this ship sailing from Genoa, Italy to New York with Springfield, Illinois being their final destination. Husband and father Giuseppe Saccaro had come to Springfield earlier to get the family established.