The First Voyage of the City of Honolulu (1922)

Ralph Tinkham, one of the passengers who had been on the City of Honolulu, wrote a letter to the newspaper of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, from which he had graduated: “Replying to your inquiry relative to my experience at the burning at sea of the SS City of Honolulu, I am free to admit that the episode has considerably more serious and interesting features in retrospect than was the case at the time. The ‘City of Honolulu’ was a splendid ship of 17,000 tons, equipped well above the average of Pacific shipping, for the convenience and comfort of passengers, and providing excellent service. These facts only add to the shock of realization that this fine vessel has been another contribution to Davy Jones’ locker.” Ship Name: City of Honolulu Tonnage: 10,688Ship Type: Twin Screw Oil Burning Steamship Year Built: 1896Nationality: United States of America Year Wrecked: 1922Location Wrecked: 670 Miles from San Pedro, California Reason for Wreck: Electrical Fire Lives Lost: NoneSources: https://newspaperarchive.com/altoona-mirror-oct-23-1922-p-12/https://newspaperarchive.com/van-nuys-news-oct-17-1922-p-1/https://newspaperarchive.com/corona-courier-oct-13-1922-p-3/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23876928https://books.google.com/books?id=z4DNAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+honolulu+ship+fire+1922&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=l4GyXktqZ3gC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+honolulu+ship+fire+1922&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=IGpOAQAAIAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+honolulu+ship+fire+1922&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=TeM1AQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+honolulu+ship+fire+1922&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=zd4jAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=city+of+honolulu+ship+fire+1922&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=Ao2Y6Z3drUMC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=friedrich+der+grosse+ship+seized&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/10/13/107073361.html?pageNumber=2