S.S. Marchuria
The Manchuria was built in 1904 by New York Ship Building Company in Camden, New Jersey for the Pacific Mail SS Company. She was first used for Hong Kong to Yokohama to San Francisco services. In 1916, she was sold to the Atlantic Transport Line. Between 1918 and 1919 the vessel was used as an Army Transport ship. In 1928, it was sold to the Dollar Steamship Line in San Francisco and renamed President Johnson. In 1947, it was sold to Portugal and renamed Santa Cruz and eventually scrapped in 1952.
• Length: 182.88 m (600 ft)
• Beam: 19.90 m (65 ft 3 in)
• Propulsion: Two triple expansion steam engines, Twin screws
• Speed: 16 knots (26-27 Mph)
• Capacity: 13,639 tons
• Occupancy 350 1st class passengers, 68 2nd class passengers, and 1,300 3rd passengers
Ancestors Traveled
Oliver “Ollie” Larson (Born: 1892) was on this vessel in April of 1919 as a private in the U.S. military traveling home from France.