City of Savannah · stranding
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 33–34 · No. 869
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- A circular stamp is over items 2-6 on the left: 'DEP'T OF COMMERCE / [illegible] / BUREAU OF NAVIGATION' and 'WY 9 [illegible]'.
- Item 5: The answer has 'Savannah. Ga' but also '1148' which seems to be the official number intended for item 6, although '1148' is also written in item 6.
- Item 28 contains a struck-through line.
- Item 30 contains a handwritten check mark.
Form header
- Running number
- 869
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 17, Port of Savannah, Ga.
- Received
- REC'D OCT 15 1919 ANS'D · 15 Oct 1919
- RECEIVED OCT - 1 1919 MARINE DIVISION · 1 Oct 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- 1246F
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- City of Savannah · Screw, American
- 6 · Official number
- 1148Also written nearby: 204437
- 3 · Tonnage
- 4379 Net 5654 Gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 12 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Savannah. Ga - 1148 - 1148 - 1148 - 1148
- 7 · Master and residence
- L. P. Borum on ship.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah Ga.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- June 9th 1919 Monday - about 11 20 pm
- 24 · Locality
- Two miles South of Barnegat Light house
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Savannah June 7th 1919 → New York N.Y.
- 27 · Weather
- Moderate Northeast wind Moderate Sea swell - night Thick fog.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- 173 passengers, 81 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1,000,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Stranding STRANDING.
26 · Cause, as written
Incorrect sounding.
Signature
- Signed by
- [illegible] · Federal Auditor
- Company or by
- Director General of Railroads, United States Railroad Administration, Operating Ocean Steamship Line, Coastwise Steamship Lines
- Date signed
- October 3, 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- June 9th 1919 Monday - about 11 20 pm
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Screw (steel) "City of Savannah"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 4379 Net 5654 Gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 12 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Savannah. Ga - 1148 - 1148 - 1148 - 1148
- 6 · Official number
- 1148
- 7 · Master and residence
- L. P. Borum on ship.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Ocean Steamship Co. of Savannah Ga.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Savannah June 7th 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- New York N.Y.
- 11 · Passengers
- 173
- 12 · Crew
- 81
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1,000,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $732,900.00
- 16 · Cargo
- General
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 3,840 Tons.
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $3580.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $1,000,000.00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- $135,980.83
- 24 · Locality
- Two miles South of Barnegat Light house
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Stranding STRANDING.
- 26 · Cause
- Incorrect sounding.
- 27 · Weather
- Moderate Northeast wind Moderate Sea swell - night Thick fog.
- 28 · Measures taken
- ----------
- 29 · Assistance
- Floated without assistance
- 30 · Remarks
- ✓