Shipcards

Few more for Ship cards....

First time I have seen this thread stallzer and I have not read all 8 pages, but to answer your question, that was not a post card. It was printed matter sent as third class, one cent for two ounces with different (larger) size restriction than a post card.

Nice colorful item by the way.

My contribution to this topic.

Asama Maru
Postmarked April 3, 1930 from Honolulu, Hawaii

Asama Maru was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The ship was built in 1927–1929 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki, Japan. The vessel was named after an important Shinto shrine.
Asama Maru set a record of her maiden voyage to California, and surpassed this record on her fourth voyage from Yokohama to San Francisco.
Principal ports-of-call included Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, Los Angeles & San Francisco. The trip from Yokohama to San Francisco typically took 15 days, with fares starting from $190 in second class and from $315 in first class.





S.S. Haleakala (Unused Postcard)
Haleakala was a steam cargo ship built in 1919 by Long Beach Shipbuilding Company of Long Beach for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The vessel was first employed in the Pacific trade before being briefly laid up. She was reactivated in 1922 and entered the South American trade connecting the ports of Argentina and Brazil with a variety of ports in the Northeastern United States. In September 1926 while on one of her regular trips, she disappeared without a trace, possibly foundering in the hurricane with the loss of all hands.
(On back -Seal of Hawaii on Bottom Left)

Hawaiianbrian- "Asama Maru" was one of the notorious hell ships of WWII.......she was used to transport POW's until she was sunk by submarine in Nov 1944. She had an interesting career in the Japanese navy, even carrying depth charges at 1 point. I have a letter posted on board ...

Today, this is my 50th post on SCF! in one month and 7 days.

Rick2, thanks for sharing your info and historical cover on the "Asama Maru".

Here is another Ship postcard. Example of U.S.S. City of Los Angeles, that was sunk by the Japanese during WW2.

As World War II approached, City of Los Angeles was acquired by the Navy on 30 October 1940, converted to a Naval Transport, and commissioned George F. Elliott (AP-13) after Major General George F. Elliott on 10 January 1941.[7]
Using a bucket brigade and whatever means they could to fight the fires, the crew made a valiant stand against the advancing flames as the continuing Japanese attack kept nearby ships from providing any assistance to the burning transport. By the time the remnants of the Japanese bomber force had departed the area it was too late for George F. Elliott, as the intense flames caused a damaged bulkhead to fail, releasing bunker fuel into the rear hold and turning a massive fire into an inferno. Shortly after 13:00, the crew was ordered to abandon ship.

George F. Elliott, burning beyond control, was sunk on the evening of 8 August, by Hull.[9][10]

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