As mentioned in Richard Reynolds's note on shipping the rhino I was curious about the details of the ship & the steamship line The name of the shipping line screamed out for clarification so here it is Isthmian Steamship Co., Ltd., was organized by U.S. Steel Corporation to operate under the British flag. Isthmian was a wholly owned British subsidiary of U.S. Steel Products Export Co. The name was chosen in honor of the Panama Canal, whose opening was expected to provide many new opportunities. The line was created by James A. Farrell, Sr., the chief of the export subsidiary of U.S. Steel. During its first years Isthmian operated more like a collection of "tramp" vessels, because as a proprietary company, the ships sailed to one port or another anywhere in the world where steel had to be carried. The "S.S.Steel Navigator" was built in 1921 & was sunk by a torpedo in 1942 with 36 lives lost. As if anybody might care but me |
Sunday, December 23, 2012
From Chic Silber #1
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I’m sure that Frank Buck would be amazed to know that, 62 years after his death, he is still remembered and people are still interested enough in his career to maintain and share information about specific animals he brought back, the ships he transported them on, the posters issued for his films, photos from his circus days, etc. Many thanks to everyone for these interesting posts.
As a kid, I read all Frank Buck's books to the delight of my parents who were glad to see me reading anything. A couple of years ago I read them again and was some what surprised that some of Buck's adventures with the ladies equaled those with wild animals. It is surprising in those innocent days that some of those tales were allowed in the school library. Maybe I read them in more detail the second time around.
Bob Momyer
In my research on Mabel Stark's South American tour of 1957, I discovered a small article on the front page of a newspaper that was a fan of Mabel's, the Oxnard, California COURIER-PRESS. She and husband Eddie Trees sailed out of San Pedro with seven tigers, on the Grace Lines vessel "Santa Juana". Chic's details are reflected in what I found on this ship. All passenger accommodation specifics and engineering details are there, even to the color of the smokestacks, and the number and color of the bands painted at their tops, making her readily identifiable to her sisters at sea. The ship was sold, re-named, re-painted, and eventually scrapped for salvage. In agreement with Chic's sentiment, who would care but me?
So that makes at least 2 of us Roger
My research of "Isthmian" also had
incredible details on each & every
ship in their enormous fleet
US Steel by the way still exists but
they are now only a shadow of their
former presence & no shipping line
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