S.S. Mauretania

The Mauretania was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1906 for the Cunard Line. Launched on September 20th, 1906, she made her first voyage leaving Liverpool to Queenstown and New York. Between 1907 and 1924 the vessel broke several transatlantic records one being the shortest crossing. In 1914, the ship was converted to a troopship and between 1915 and 1919 to a hospital ship, and then back to a troopship. She made her first Liverpool to New York voyage (still as a troopship but refitted for passengers) in late 1918. After being damaged by fire in Southampton on July 25th, 1921, she was refitted for full passenger use and converted from coal to oil fuel. She commenced Southampton to Cherbourg to New York sailings making the last trip on September 26th, 1934. In July 1935, she left Southampton for Rosyth where the vessel was scrapped.

• Length: 240.79 m (790 ft)
• Beam: 26.82 m (88 ft)
• Propulsion: Quadruple turbine engines, Quadruple screws,
• Speed: 25 knots (28-29 Mph)
• Capacity: 31,938 tons
• Occupancy 563 1st class passengers, 464 2nd class passengers, and 1,138 3rd passengers

Albert Masone (Born: 1897) was on this ship in 1918 back to New York as a private in the United States military with an occupation of Signal Corpsman.