Philadelphia, American Line

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
10,786 gross	1888 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co.	American Line	527.6ft x 63.2ft

Year	Departure		Arrival		Remarks
1888					Oct. 23, launched as the City of Paris of the Inman Line
1889					Apr. 3, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New York
1893					Taken over by American Line, remaned Paris
1898					May, became the US Armed Cruiser Yale
1898					October, returned to American Line
1899					May 21, grounded on Manacles
1899					Refloated and rebuilt, fitted with quadruple expansion engines, funnels reduced from 3 to 2, new tonnage 10,786 gross, renamed Philadelphia
1901	Southampton	Aug. 31	New York	Sept. 06
1901	Southampton	Sept. 21	New York	Sept. 27
1902	Southampton		New York	Jan. 20	Arrive date not given (reported 1902-01-21). Journey of 6,25 days
1902	Southampton		New York	Feb. 09	Arrived in New York at 08:00 morning
1902	Southampton		New York	Mar. 01	Arrived in New York at 10:00 morning
1902	Southampton	Apr. 05	New York	Apr. 11	Crossing the Ocean in 6,5 days
1902	Southampton	Apr. 26	New York	May 02	Arrived in New York at 22:00 evening after crossing the Ocean in 6 days
1902	Southampton	May 17	New York	May 24
1902					May 21; dep. New York with 370 passengers eastbound, 1.455 mailbags and $ 325.000 in gold
1902	Southampton		New York	June 14	Arrived in New York at 09:00 morning after a journey of 6,5 days
1902					June 18; dep. New York with 470 passengers eastbound, 1.417 mailbags and $ 70.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	June 28	New York	July 05	Arrived in New York at 06:00 morning
1902					July 9; dep. New York with 520 passengers eastbound, 1.607 mailbags and $ 200.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	July 26	New York	Aug. 02	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1902					Aug. 6; dep. New York with 440 passengers eastbound, 1.767 mailbags and $ 400.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Aug. 16	New York	Aug. 22
1902					Aug. 27; dep. New York with 150 passengers eastbound, 1.098 mailbags and $ 400.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Sept. 06	New York	Sept. 12
1902					Sept. 17; dep. New York with 200 passengers eastbound, 1.270 mailbags and $ 400.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Sept. 27	New York	Oct. 03
1902					Oct. 8; dep. New York with 220 passengers eastbound, 1.455 mailbags and $ 450.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Oct. 18	New York	Oct. 25	Arrived in New York at 05:00 morning
1902					Oct. 29; dep. New York with 225 passengers eastbound, 1.694 mailbags and $ 450.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Nov. 08	New York	Nov. 15	Arrived in New York at 14:00 afternoon
1902					Nov. 19; dep. New York with 261 passengers eastbound, 1.031 mailbags and $ 750.000 in gold
1902					Dec. 10; dep. New York with 360 passengers eastbound, 2.207 mailbags and $ 650.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Dec. 20	New York	Dec. 27	Arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1902					Dec. 31; dep. New York with 185 passengers eastbound, 2.131 mailbags and $ 500.000 in gold
1903	Southampton	Feb. 07	New York	Feb. 14	Arrived in New York at 21:00 evening. 424 passengers and mail
1903					Mar. 11; dep. New York with 150 passengers eastbound, 1.411 mailbags and $ 300.000 in gold
1903	Southampton		New York	Mar. 28	Arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon after crossing the Ocean in 7 days
1903	Southampton	Apr. 11	New York	Apr. 18	Arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1903	Southampton		New York	May 09	Crossing the Ocean in 7 days
1903	Southampton		New York	May 29
1903	Southampton	June 13	New York	June 19	Arrived in New York at 20:00 evening after crossing the Ocean in 6,5 days
1903	Southampton	July 04	New York	July 10
1903	Southampton	Sept. 12	New York	Sept. 18	Arrived in New York at 19:00 evening
1903	Southampton		New York	Oct. 06	Arrived in New York at 22:00 evening
1903	Southampton	Oct. 03	New York	Oct. 09
1903					Nov. 7; dep. New York at 11:00 late morning with 330 passengers eastbound, 1.516 mailbags and $ 225.000 in gold. Arrived in Southampton Saturday, Nov. 11.
1903	Southampton	Nov. 21	New York	Nov. 27	Arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1904	Southampton		New York	Jan. 23	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1904	Southampton	Feb. 15	New York	Feb. 20
1904	Southampton	Apr. 09	New York	Apr. 15	Arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1904	Southampton	July 02	New York	July 09
1904	Southampton		New York	Oct. 01
1904	Southampton		New York	Oct. 15
1904	Southampton		New York	Nov. 26	Arrived in New York at 06:00 morning
1905	Southampton		New York	Jan. 28
1905	Southampton		New York	Feb. 25
1905	Southampton		New York	May 20	Arrived in New York at 06:00 morning
1905	Southampton		New York	June 17
1905	Southampton		New York	July 15	Crossing the Ocean in 6 days
1905	Southampton		New York	Aug. 18
1905	Southampton		New York	Sept. 15
1905	Southampton		New York	Oct. 13
1905	Southampton		New York	Nov. 10
1905	Southampton		New York	Dec. 09
1918					Became the merchant cruiser Harrisburg
1920					Laid up in November
1922					Sold to New York - Naples SS Co.
1923					Scrapped at Genoa
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges

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