Talk:USAT St. Mihiel

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Dating launch etc[edit]

I have a reference to the St Mihiel at Honolulu in a US Department of Transport manifest of aliens employed (possibly including my grandfather) hence this comment! ^[1] (requires Ancestry login) The manifest date is 1 April 1919 which suggests the launch date may be earlier than reported here. Interestingly a large proportion of the crew are listed as British, perhaps from Canada. Has anyone specific data on the dates of the B class vessels that might clarify? Southforelandlighthouse (talk) 12:26, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly I've answered my own question. There was another St Mihiel built by Thor Iron works of Toronto and operated by the Maple Leaf Shipping Company, which seems a more likely candidate. ^[2] The ship was funded in 1919 by a loan of USD $650,000 from the federal reserve bank of St Louis.^[3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Southforelandlighthouse (talk • contribs) 09:53, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References

[1] ttp://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/1502/40296_169560-00253/7326372?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d0%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-c%26gsfn%3dROBERT%26gsln%3dLAW%26msbdy%3d1870%26uidh%3das4%26pcat%3d40%26h%3d7326372%26recoff%3d6%2b7%26db%3dHonoluluPL%26indiv%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord#?imageId=40296_169560-00253

[2] ttp://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canada/redfern.htm

[3] ttp://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/publications/FRB/pages/1915-1919/26786_1915-1919.pdf

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