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Title: Loss of the SS President Coolidge records
Date: 1961-1964
Identifier/Call Number: HDC1746 (SAFR 24682)
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: Loss of the SS President Coolidge records (HDC1746 SAFR24682) is a compilation of the records documenting the destruction
of the SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE on 26 October 1942. This item is available for reference use.
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], HDC1746 (SAFR 24682), Loss of the SS President Coolidge records, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-02363
The records were found in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park's library and accessioned into the archival
collection in 2015.
Historical or Biographical Note
SS President Coolidge was a U.S. luxury ocean liner built in 1931. She was operated by Dollar Steamship Lines until 1938,
and then by American President Lines until 1941. She served as a troopship from December 1941 until October 1942, when she
was sunk by mines in Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides.
Collection Scope and Content
Loss of the SS President Coolidge records (HDC1746 SAFR24682) is a compilation of the records documenting the destruction
of the SS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE on 26 October 1942. This item is available for reference use.
Collection Arrangement
Single item collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945
American President Lines, Ltd.
Dollar Steamship Lines