A5 - Unidentified Passenger Ship docking.JPG

Sun, 10/24/2021 - 18:05

Can anyone identified this photographed liner. Is it docked or arriving/leaving? Photograph is dated between 1932 and 1936 possibly or 1949/1950

Date picture taken

1934

Shows place(s)

Kowloon Wharves [????-????]

Comments

This is one for the

This is one for the connoisseur as it's one of 24 possible ships. We previously tried to ID another of the Dollar Steamship Liner S.S President ships here

Edit: This ship has 2 funnels which narrows the choice down much further

Number of funnels:

S.S. President Adams 1

S.S. President Buchanan 1

S.S. President Coolidge 2

S.S. President Fillmore (1903) 1

S.S. President Fillmore (1920) 1

S.S. President Garfield 1

S.S. President Grant 1

S.S. President Harding 1

S.S. President Harrison 1

S.S. President Hayes 1

S.S. President Hoover 2

S.S. President Jackson 1

S.S. President Johnson 1

S.S. President Lincoln 1

S.S. President Madison 1

S.S. President Monroe 1

S.S. President Pierce 1

S.S. President Polk 1

S.S. President Taft 1

S.S. President Taylor 1

S.S. President Tyler 1

S.S. President van Buren 1

S.S. President Wilson 1

So looks like Coolidge or Hoover

Hoover (1930) ran aground in 1937 on an island off Formosa and was declared a loss. Sister ship Coolidge (1931) was converted into a troopship in 1941 and sunk in 1942 after hitting a mine. Thus photo has to be 1930s.

Further edit: Looking at photos of the two ships (Coolidge and Hoover) on the internet for comparison, it looks like the S.S. President Hoover. Happy to be corrected by more knowledgeable souls.

If someone can identify the ship behind, might be able to triangulate the date of this photo.