Description: TRANSPORTATION: Grace Line - Santa Rosa: SS Santa Rosa (later SS Athena) was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line for operation by its subsidiary Panama Mail Steamship Company of San Francisco. She was the first to be launched and operating of four sister ships, the others in order of launch being Santa Paula (11 June 1932), Santa Lucia (3 October 1932) and Santa Elena (30 November 1932). All four ships, dubbed "The Four Sisters" and "The Big Four" were noted as the finest serving the West Coast and were of advanced technology. All served in World War II as War Shipping Administration (W. S. A.) troop ships. Both Santa Lucia and Santa Elena were lost in air and torpedo attacks off North Africa. The ship was ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey. Her regular route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She was the second of ultimately three vessels to bear the name Santa Rosa for the Grace Line. (The first Santa Rosa was a 1917-built ship that was sold in 1925.) This Photochromatic postcard is in good condition. F. A. Russo. New York. No. 55525-B.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2025-01-12T04:13:09.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Transportation
Region: New York
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Chrome
Subject: Passenger Ship
Postage Condition: Unposted
Circulated: Yes
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Santa Rosa
Time Period Manufactured: 1940-1949
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Brand/Publisher: F. A. Russo. New York
Era: Post-War (1945-Now)
Grace Line: Santa Rosa
