Steamship Historical Society of America - Southern California Chapter
OUR MISSION:
To Record, Preserve and Disseminate the History of Engine-Powered Vessels.
ABOUT THIS SITE: Please feel free to use this site to look into some of the history of the West Coast via our "OCEAN TIMES" newsletter. In "OCEAN TIMES" all of the articles and photographs are original works by our own local members (click below).
Write to the "OCEAN TIMES" editor to ask questions, obtain information for your personal research or just to satisfy your curiosity on a subject. Just click on the e-mail link and ask away!
BOTTOM LINE: Many of our families who immigrated over fifty years ago came to America via the great fleet of ocean liners, combination cargo/passenger liners, worked their way across on a tramp steamer or whatever - it took the ships to get them here. Many of our families have earned their livings on the vessels of the inland and ocean lanes of commerce and contributed greately to our personal and community heritage - this is the history of those vessels.
Enjoy your journey through the pages of the Steamship Historical Society of America, Southern California Chapter.