A guide to the Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan, 1924 May
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A Guide to the Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan
HDC1302
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service2018, National Park Service
Title: Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan
Date: 1924 May
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1302 (SAFR 21361)
Creator:
Unknown
Physical Description:
1 item.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan (SAFR 21361, HDC1302) is a blueprint drawn by "J.E."
in May 1924 for the Moore Shipbuilding Co. in Oakland, California. The collection is open for use.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1302 (SAFR 21361), Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan, San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park
SAFR-00001
Gift from National Maritime Museum Association, June 11, 1986. The collection was accessioned as part of GOGA-735, and transferred
to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park as part of the transfer accession SAFR-0001, in 1988.
Historical or Biographical Note
The RUTH ALEXANDER (built 1913; steamship), a passenger liner was part of the Pacific Steamship Company's Admiral Line. As
an ocean liner, it carried passengers along the West Coast, from San Francisco to Seattle and Victoria (and, perhaps, down
the coast, to Los Angeles, San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico) between 1923 and 1938. The ship was built in 1913, in Stettin,
Germany by A.G. Vulcan. It was the North German Lloyd ship, SIERRA CORDOBA and served as a passenger liner, traveling between
Germany and South America. In September 1917, the ship was seized by Peruvian authorities. The U.S. Shipping Board charted
it from the Peruvian government and turned it over to the U.S. Navy for use as troop transport in April 1919. At that time,
it was commissioned as the U.S.S. CALLAO and made two voyages between the U.S. and France before it was decommissioned in
September 1919. In 1921, the ship was sold to the American-owned Dollar Line and, subsequently, chartered to the Admiral Line
in Seattle for coastal passenger
services. In 1923, Admiral Line owner H.F. Alexander rechristened the ship, RUTH ALEXANDER. In 1938 the Dollar Line was taken
over by the U.S. Maritime Commission, and in 1939 the American President Lines took over the RUTH ALEXANDER, rebuilt it as
a cargo ship and placed it under the Panamanian flag. The ship was sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers off Balikpapan in December
1941.
(Taken from "The Admiral Line," Reflections on Black History, Part 31, by Thomas C. Fleming, April 22, 1998, http://www.freepress.org/fleming/flemng31.html,
"Online Library of Selected Images " Civilian Ships," Department of the Navy�Navy Historical Center, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/callao.htm
and "The Ship List," http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsS.html)
The Ruth Alexander (built 1913; steamship) anchor shackle and link plan (SAFR 21361, HDC1302) is a blueprint drawn by "J.E."
in May 1924 for the Moore Shipbuilding Co. in Oakland, California. The collection is open for use.
Single item
William Rustad photographs, SAFR 15279, P79-019. One photograph of Captain Fred Nystrom on the ship, circa 1935.
Menu, SAFR 15646. Luncheon menu from 1934.
Menu, SAFR 15698, January 21, 1934.
Booklet advertising the RUTH ALEXANDER, 1923, SAFR 16614.
Menu, SAFR 16732. Luncheon menu from 1932.
Ticket, SAFR 16733. Dining room ticket, undated.
Menu, SAFR 16743. Luncheon menu from June 19, 1932.
Menu, SAFR 16744. Breakfast menu from June 19, 1932.
Menu, SAFR 16753. Dinner menu from June 19, 1932
Menu, SAFR 16856. Breakfast menu from December 2, 1932.
Menu, SAFR 16858. Dinner menu from September 28, 1937.
Newsletter, SAFR 16891, December 2, 1932.
- This material is located at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ocean liners
Ruth Alexande (built 1913)
Admiral Line
Moore Shipbuilding Company
Pacific Steamship Company
Blueprints
Architectural drawings
Naval architects