Ward Line Series

Archive

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Ward Line Series

Entry/Object ID

K0001.157

Scope and Content

This series consists of one folder: The Ward Line was founded by James Otis Ward in 1841 as a freight consignment and passenger-liner company operating between New York, Nassau, Havana and Mexican ports. Most of the line's vessels were requisitioned during WWI; two of which became the first USSs Mercy and Comfort. After WWI, the US Government provided partial subsidy for the Ward Line to build several new passenger liners. The Ward Line suffered a major blow after its vessel SS Morro Castle caught fire, killing 137 people. This disaster, (as of 2011) had the largest fatality rate of any US-flagged merchant vessel. The company was bankrupted after the Morro Castle incident destroyed the line's public esteem, and after WWII, in which all of the line's remaining passenger vessels were requisitioned and not returned to the company.

Collection

Kingsbury Maritime Ephemera Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Folder, File

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jun 10, 2011