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SCHOONER LILLIAN E. KERR SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK JUNE, 1947 §anr1uary o Almighty God. remember with Thy mercy and 10\ e all who The Lookout minister before Thee in Institutes and Chapels for eamen through. - out the world. Pro~per the work ill which they are engaged. enable Vo I. XXXVIII June, 1947 No.6 them faithfully to preach Thy Word and to fulfill t~leir ~ini~tr y. May they uphold Christ, both by their words and 111 the~r lives, ~ (/).o~ ~ JJW»L SJzip., JiM., and raise up. we pray Thee. faithful and true men for thls "ork, for the sake of Je. m· Chri-t. our Lord. Amen. GOLDE. cocker spaniel and an airedale owe their lives to the (Missions 10 Sell/II/'n) A hravery of Captain John Anderson, Chief Officer Herbert Parker, and the purser Don Malone when their ship, the "John Ericsson" burned at her ~ew York pier recently. All three officers were on \'acation when fire broke out aboard the "Ericsson," but on hearing the news on the radio. they hurried back to the ship, dashed on board to re cue the two dog, "Eric" (the airedale) and "Chotahpeg" (the spaniel) who were locked in the Captain's cabin. A fire 7he man broke down the door. The dogs, The Chief Officer and Eric very frighened. were crouching 011 the floor, but a soon as they aw Captain the U. S, .Nla ritime Commission pur· Ander on they perked up and between chased her. renamed her "John =~, them they got the dog out and carried Ericsson" (for the wedL h-American \·OL. XXX\'JII, re. -E, 1941 them down ladders from the top deck ~aval engineer who buil t the first PI -B USHED :\IO:\THLY to a forward section of the ship which armored turret hip '-l\Ionitor"). by the was not threatened by the fire and II through the war the "John SEAMEN'S CHURCH shut them up there while tIle three Ericsson" SP)'ved the Allies, carried INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK men went ha k to help fight the fire troops and after V-J Day. Ct.\ REX(,E G. ~IICH.\LIS BO.OOO Pre5ident and rescue \'al uable document.. war brides. children, and refugees. TllO:llAS ROBERTS The ] 6.500 ton vessel which wa. She carried as many a 7.500 at one S('('relary and Treasurcr operated by the United States Lines RE\'. HAROLD H. KELLEY. D.D. time. She,logged 200,000 miles in this Director was built in 1928 in Germany for transport en·ice. She carried the first MARJORIE DE"T CAXDEE. Editor the wedish-America Line. As the POLLY \YEA ' ·ER. A,'ociate Editor marine division to Guadalcanal. and "Kungsholm" she carried passengers the reinforcements for th 'orth 1.00 per year 10c per copy in Ih (> tran. ·Atlanti c run. In 191.1 Gifts of 5.00 per year and over African invasion. Her dramatic war· include a year's subscription to "THE time career ended on 'larch 6th when LOOKOUT", a three·alarm fire. probably due to de· Enured as secoJld class matter July 8, fective wiring. wept her main and 1925. at New J' ork, N. Y .• IIlIder tile act of March 3, 1879· promenade decks. Her hull was saved. Address all communications 10 and was towed to Staten Island. SE:\:\iE:\'S ' H 'R H [:\STITCTE Chief Officer Parker ~uJfered from OF :\£\\' YORK smoke and minor burns and was 2:'> SOl'Tli . T., 0:E.\\' YORK -1-, :\. Y. hospitalized. Telephone IlOwline Green 9-27 10 As we go to press we learn that Captain Anderson ha~ heen given THIS MOl\TH'S CO\ ER \\as taken from on board 3 mast schooner command of the U. S. Liner American "Irene & 1\Iyrtle" by James Antle - in "the Race" !bet\\een Merchant a ne\\ C-2 cargo-pas enger \lolltauk Point and Blo'k hlandl ummel' 1912. ~hip. lie became a captain at the age Thi: was la!'t voyaf!;e of the L. E. Kerr. She \\a~ 10"t \lith all hands. of 23, and has erved 26 years af; l'lIll clo\ln in thi ck \\cather h) )'eturnill~ COJl\oy about a month after. maf;ter of . Line ships. He graduated from the .chool . hip ew .a ption hy George \ llh l(' port in 1913, all almost entire Jewish crew. It \\a~ w£IJl., 1UlmJul.a, JJf.- $LJJ1lJL. CJJ.aIJ.lJJJiML rumored . he had been purchased to run refugec~ to Pale tine. Shmn.JItip/J, i.JL WJttl.r1 W£IJl., " Northland and Southland were at last reports. stil l at Antwerp, as it By Freeman R. Hathaway, was felt they could not safely make Member Steamship Historical Society of America the trip horne. Probably the most familiar hip EDITOR'S , OTE: M(lIIY LOOKOUT ming dish fleet," (because of their known to New Yorkers is the Richard readers on reading the following article shallow draft) and it made a braw Peck, which ha run to practically all will have sentimental memories of these old coast-wise steamboats which once were start from ewfoundland in October. ports on the lower New England " familiar sight 011 Long Island Sound 191·2. everal days out, they werr Coast. She was sold in 1938 to the and on. the New York to Boston Run. spotted by enemy planes. the sub Meseck Steamboat Company and ran These t'essels, also, did their bit in the marines then notified, and Soon the between ew York and ew Haven, war; man)' were lost, but a few are now Elisha Lee ex-Richard Peck in. peace-time service. underwater attack was on. The summers. Photo by James Wilson Boston and New York were sunk, fo l With defense plans under way ITH the coming of World War II, lowed the next day by the 10 s of ill January, 1941, the Peck was taken the City of Lowell, went into retire Wthe fast dwindling fleet of coast Yorktown. President Warfield and over by the government, and made ment in 1938, under plans to use wise and Long Island oUlld steamers Yorktown were credited with each the run under her own steam to her, together with the Governor Cobb. were takf'n over for war duly, leaving inking a ub, it was reported_ and Ara entia_ ewfoundland. where she as trailer ships. othing came of th i,_ the coast. practically stripped of any the little New Bedford put up a brave wa used as a barracks ship for con but in 1943 the Lowell wa towed to \f'ssels .uitahle for passenger and two day fight. The remnant arrived in struction workers. She eventually be Brooklyn and took the place of freight !'cr ice. Scotland, and aw various ervicf's in came the U.S.S. Richard Peck, IX 96, Meteor as the Army Base barracks Somf' of these ships, remembered the cross-channel service, acting as returning to this port in May 1943, ship, serving a such until November. hy tra\'eler~. arf' hrif'fly discu sed in barracks ship for training offi cer". where the writer had luncheon aboard 19.15. She wa then towed to the laid tl;is articlr. and, in the ca e of the Naushon, a with her captain_ Soon the Peck left up fleet, and it is believed that she i" Probably the most pectacular ma s hospital ship. for Torfolk, and in order to filL in a now being broken up for scrap near exodus of the e hips occurred in 'aushon, New Bedford and Presi need for service in that area, was sold Washington, D. C. September. 1942, when a convoy of dent Warfield have returned to thi ~ to the Pennsylvania Railroad, and re Two sister ships well known in the eiaht former coastwise steamboats left country. and have been offered for named Elisha Lee. She has been run late 1930's on Long Island Sound. ~w York for England, after having ale by the Maritime Commis ion. ning ever since 1943 on the Cape were the Arrow (ex Belfast) and been prepared for their hard trip. Naushon ha been purchased by the Charles-Old Point Comfort- orfolk Comet (ex Camden) which ran on They were the Boston and New 'leseck teamboat Company in ew line with great success. the Colonial Line. Taken over by the )' urk of the Eastern Steamship Com York, and will run to Rye Beach this Another Sound steamboat which Army, after extensive alterations they pany's e\\ York-Boston service, Nau summer_ we are told. New Bedford's came back to life. was the Meteor, left ew York and were inter-island shon and 'eU' Bedford of the ew di position has not been announced. I ex Chester W. Chapin), taken over transports at Hawaii. Arrow was re Bedford-Nantucket fleet, Yorktown However, President Wa.rfield, fir~ t from the Colonial Line in March, cently reported as sold by the Mari announced as sold to Chinese in 1942, and put into service as a and PresidpllI Warfield of the Old Bay time Commis ion. 0 word is Line. and orlhland and Southland tere~ts_ la t month wa on her wa y barracks ship at the Army Base, available as to the fate of the Comet. of the 'orfolk and '\ a hington Line. to France. he became disabled fi nd Brooklyn. She continued as such until She was last heard from in Hawaii. This fleet lias known as the " _kim- came back to orf olk. operated h) 191 ..'~.