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Title: Niles (passenger vessel) records
Date: 1920-1931
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0137 (SAFR 14276)
Physical Description:
4 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: Niles (passenger vessel) records (SAFR 14276, HDC 137) contains items dated from 1920 to 1931. Two ships logs document voyages
of the NILES between San Francisco, Hawaii (Honolulu), Canada (Vancouver), Japan (Yokohama) and China (Shanghai, Hong Kong).
They record the course, latitude and longitude, winds, weather conditions, searches, crew matters and a few incidents. In
addition to the logbooks, there is a receipt and a port facilities form. This collection is open for use without restriction.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0137 (SAFR 14276), Niles (passenger vessel) records, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
This finding aid does not have an agency history, biography, or historical note.
Collection Scope and Content
Niles (passenger vessel) records (SAFR 14276, HDC 137) contains items dated from 1920 to 1931. Two ships logs document voyages
of the NILES between San Francisco, Hawaii (Honolulu), Canada (Vancouver), Japan (Yokohama) and China (Shanghai, Hong Kong).
They record the course, latitude and longitude, winds, weather conditions, searches, crew matters and a few incidents. In
addition to the logbooks, there is a receipt and a port facilities form. This collection is open for use without restriction.
Collection Arrangement
Four items are arranged into two folders.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Death at sea
Injury on shipboard
Burial at sea
Kingsley, Captain S.
China Mail Steamship Company (San Francisco, CA)
Logbooks