Name/Title
B+W photo S.S. Ponce sunk at United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, Oct. 17, 1928.Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0234Description
Black-and-white photo of S.S. Ponce sunk at United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, Oct. 17, 1928. 6" wide x 8" high print. Photo taken by International Newsreel Co., 210 South Street, New York City (inkstamp on reverse); reverse also has inkstamped date Oct 23 1928. Mimeographed caption folds out from bottom.
Text on caption:
Watch Your Credit .... MR454410
International Newsreel Photo
Slug (ship)
Talking About Tough Luck.
Hoboken, N.J. .. Photo shows the S.S.
Ponce, partly sunken, which while
being repaired developed a list,
sending water thru the portholes
and the ship almost to the bottom.
It will take about two weeks to
float the vessel.
JCS-10-17-28. A
[end caption]
View is west of a pier near 13th Street. The building lettered "W. & A. Fletcher Co." was the Plate Shop with the Machine Shop in the background (which was expanded during World War II towards 12th St.) In 1928 United took over operations of this shipyard and it continued calling it the "Fletcher Plant"
The Ponce was a ship of Porto Rico Line of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co., 1899-1956, but did not carry passengers after 1924 (see notes.) The vessel is not the ocean liner of the same name that participated in the 1899 Marconi America's Cup demonstration. There are several other vessels that carried this name.Acquisition
Accession
2011.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Made/Created
Artist
International Newsreel Co.Date made
1928Dimensions
Height
8-1/2 inWidth
6-1/2 inGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Information on ship from: http://www.ellisisland.org/shipping/Formatship.asp?shipid=2281
Ponce
Built by Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, 1899. 3506 gross tons; 317 (bp) feet long; 42 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engine, single screw. Service speed 12 knots. 100 passengers ( 70 first class, 30 second class, ).
Built for New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company, American flag, in 1899 and named Ponce. Puerto Rico to New York until 1924 service. Sold to Chinese, renamed KING HSING, VEST BAY, TAI ER CHUANG in 1956.
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-11-29
