St Louis, American Line

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Burden	Built	Shipowner or operator	Dimensions
11,629 gross	1894 at Philadelphia by W. Cramp & Sons	American Line	535.5ft x 63ft

Year	Departure		Arrival		Remarks
1894					Nov. 12, launched
1895					June 5, maiden voyage New York - Southampton
1895	Southampton		New York	June 22
1895	Southampton		New York	July 12
1895	Southampton		New York	Aug. 02	Also reported arrive 1895-08-03
1895	Southampton		New York	Aug. 30
1895	Southampton		New York	Sept. 21
1895	Southampton		New York	Oct. 11	Also reported arrive 1895-10-12
1895	Southampton		New York	Nov. 16
1895	Southampton		New York	Nov. 23
1895	Southampton		New York	Dec. 07
1895	Southampton		New York	Dec. 23
1896	Southampton		New York	Jan. 17
1896	Southampton		New York	Jan. 25
1896	Southampton		New York	Feb. 15
1896	Southampton		New York	Mar. 06
1896	Southampton		New York	Mar. 28
1896	Southampton		New York	June 19
1896	Southampton	Aug. 01	New York	Aug. 07	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 10:00 morning
1896	Southampton	Aug. 22	New York	Aug. 28	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 02:00 early morning
1896	Southampton	Sept. 12	New York	Sept. 18	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 15:00 afternoon
1896	Southampton	Oct. 03	New York	Oct. 09	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 22:00 evening
1896	Southampton	Oct. 24	New York	Oct. 30	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 20:00 evening
1896	Southampton		New York	Nov. 20
1896	Southampton	Nov. 14	New York	Nov. 21	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 09:00 morning - Also reported arrive 1896-11-20
1897	Southampton	Jan. 16	New York	Jan. 22	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1897	Southampton	Feb. 06	New York	Feb. 12	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 11:00 late morning
1897	Southampton	May 22	New York	May 28	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 07:00 morning
1897	Southampton	June 12	New York	June 18	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 10:00 late morning
1897	Southampton	July 03	New York	July 09	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 15:00 afternoon
1897	Southampton	July 31	New York	Aug. 06	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 11:00 late morning
1897	Southampton	Aug. 21	New York	Aug. 27	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1897	Southampton	Sept. 11	New York	Sept. 17	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 14:00 afternoon
1897	Southampton	Oct. 02	New York	Oct. 08	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1897	Southampton	Oct. 23	New York	Oct. 29	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 17:00 afternoon
1898					Armed Merchant Cruiser
1898	Southampton	Jan. 15	New York	Jan. 22	Arrived in New York at 02:00 morning
1898	Southampton		New York	Apr. 02	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 16:00 evening
1898	Southampton	Apr. 16	New York	Apr. 23	Departed Southampton at noon 12:00 and arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1898					May, became auxiliary cruiser in the Spanish - American War
1898					October, returned to American Line for passenger service
1898	Southampton	Nov. 05	New York	Nov. 11	Arrived in New York at 18:00 evening
1898	Southampton		New York	Dec. 03	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1898	Southampton	Dec. 17	New York	Dec. 24
1899	Southampton		New York	Jan. 15	Arrived in New York at 02:00 morning
1899	Southampton		New York	Feb. 04
1899	Southampton		New York	Feb. 25
1899	Southampton		New York	Mar. 18
1899	Southampton	Apr. 01	New York	Apr. 08	Arrived in New York at 15:00 afternoon
1899	Southampton		New York	Apr. 28
1899	Southampton	May 13	New York	May 19	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1899	Southampton	June 03	New York	June 10	Arrived in New York at 03:00 morning
1899	Southampton	June 24	New York	July 01	Arrived in New York at 08:00 morning
1899	Southampton	July 29	New York	Aug. 04	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1899	Southampton	Aug. 19	New York	Aug. 26	Arrived in New York at 01:00 morning
1899	Southampton	Sept. 09	New York	Sept. 16	Arrived in New York at 02:00 morning
1899					Sept. 20; dep. New York eastbound with 235 passengers, 920 mailbags and $ 250.000 in silver coins
1899	Southampton	Sept. 30	New York	Oct. 07	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1899					Oct. 11; dep. New York at 14:00 afternoon eastbound with 240 passengers, 1.102 mailbags and $ 250.000 in silver coins
1899	Southampton	Nov. 11	New York	Nov. 18	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1899					Nov. 22; dep. New York at 12:00 noon eastbound with 335 passengers, 1.226 mailbags and $ 200.000 in silver coins
1899	Southampton	Dec. 02	New York	Dec. 08	Arrived in New York at 10:00 morning
1899	Southampton	Dec. 23	New York	Dec. 30
1900					Jan.10; dep. New York with 380 passengers, 1.591 mailbags and $ 550.000 in silver coins
1900	Southampton	Mar. 31	New York	Apr. 07	Arrived in New York on a Saturday morning
1900	Southampton		New York	Apr. 28	Arrived in New York at 09:00 morning
1900	Southampton	May 12	New York	May 19
1900	Southampton		New York	June 09
1900	Southampton	June 23	New York	June 30
1900	Southampton	July 14	New York	July 21
1900	Southampton	Aug. 11	New York	Aug. 18	Arrived in New York at 04:00 morning
1900	Southampton	Sept. 01	New York	Sept. 07
1900	Southampton	Sept. 22	New York	Sept. 29
1900	Southampton	Oct. 13	New York	Oct. 20
1900	Southampton	Nov. 03	New York	Nov. 10
1900	Southampton	Nov. 24	New York	Dec. 01
1900	Southampton	Dec. 15	New York	Dec. 22
1900					Dec. 26; dep. New York with 210 passengers, 2.075 mailbags and $ 700.000 in cash
1901	Southampton	Jan. 20	New York	Jan. 27
1901					Feb. 20; dep. New York at 11:40 noon eastbound with 185 passengers, 1.365 mailbags and $ 550.000 in cash
1901	Southampton	Mar. 02	New York	Mar. 10	Arrived in New York at 06:00 morning
1901	Southampton	Mar. 23	New York	Mar. 30
1901	Southampton	Apr. 13	New York	Apr. 20	Arrived in New York at 14:00 afternoon
1901	Southampton		New York	May 11	Arrived in New York at 13:00 afternoon after crossing the Ocean in 6 days from England
1901	Southampton		New York	June 01	Journey of 6 days
1901	Southampton	July 06	New York	July 13
1901	Southampton	Aug. 03	New York	Aug. 10	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1901	Southampton	Sept. 15	New York	Sept. 20
1901	Southampton		New York	Oct. 11	Arrived in New York at 23:00 evening after crossing from Southampton in 6,5 days
1901	Southampton		New York	Oct. 30	Crossing the Ocean in 6 days and 5 hours
1902	Southampton		New York	Feb. 02	Journey of 7 days
1902	Southampton		New York	Mar. 09	Arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1902	Southampton	Mar. 29	New York	Apr. 05	Arrived in New York at 16:00 afternoon
1902	Southampton	Apr. 19	New York	Apr. 27	Crossing the Ocean in 6,5 days
1902	Southampton	May 10	New York	May 17	Crossing the Ocean in 7 days
1902					May 21; dep. New York with 480 passengers eastbound, 1.179 mailbags and $ 275.000 in gold
1902	Southampton		New York	June 07
1902					June 11; dep. New York with 790 passengers eastbound, 1.824 mailbags and $ 275.000 in gold
1902					July 2; dep. New York with 640 passengers eastbound, 1.086 mailbags and $ 25.000 in gold
1902	Southampton		New York	July 20	Arrived in New York at 12:00 noon
1902					July 23; dep. New York with 385 passengers eastbound, 1.624 mailbags and $ 100.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Aug. 09	New York	Aug. 16
1902	Southampton	Aug. 30	New York	Sept. 06
1902					Sept. 10; dep. New York with 255 passengers eastbound, 1.395 mailbags and $ 375.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Sept. 20	New York	Sept. 27
1902					Oct. 1; dep. New York with 250 passengers eastbound, 1.490 mailbags and $ 750.000 in gold
1902					Oct. 22; dep. New York with 181 passengers eastbound, 1.192 mailbags and $ 50.000 in gold
1902					Nov. 5; dep. New York with 300 passengers eastbound, 1.194 mailbags and $ 325.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Nov. 29	New York	Dec. 01
1902					Dec. 3; dep. New York with 680 passengers eastbound, 1.399 mailbags and $ 475.000 in gold
1902	Southampton	Dec. 13	New York	Dec. 21	Arrived in New York at 18:00 afternoon
1903					Rebuilt, fitted with new boilers and funnels increased in height
1903	Southampton	Aug. 29	New York	Sept. 04	Arrived in New York at 10:00 morning
1903	Southampton	Oct. 31	New York	Nov. 06	Arrived in New York at 18:00 evening
1903	Southampton	Nov. 28	New York	Dec. 05
1904	Southampton	Dec. 26	New York	Jan. 02
1904	Southampton	Jan. 23	New York	Jan. 31	Arrived in New York at 10:00 late morning
1904	Southampton	Feb. 20	New York	Feb. 27
1904	Southampton	Mar. 19	New York	Mar. 25
1904	Southampton	Apr. 16	New York	Apr. 23
1904	Southampton	June 11	New York	June 18	Arrived in New York at 05:00 morning
1904	Southampton		New York	July 17	Arrived in New York at 05:00 morning
1905	Southampton		New York	Apr. 15
1905	Southampton		New York	Aug. 12
1905	Southampton		New York	Sept. 08
1905	Southampton		New York	Oct. 06
1905	Southampton		New York	Nov. 04
1905	Southampton		New York	Dec. 01
1914					Liverpool - New York
1918					Renamed Louisville for US Govt.
1920					Damaged by fire, sold
1920					Damaged by fire
1924					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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