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"Two complete United States Army field hospitals, which are to be attached to the Belgian Army, will be shipped to Europe on the American liner St. Louis today. With the hospitals will go four surgeons and twentyfour nurses. Each hospital is complete and the War Department was permitted by special act of Congress to turn them over to the Red Cross. "
The 24 nurses are named in this article:
New York Times, April 17, 1915
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rescued the crew of the SS Chester after it was disabled in a gale in 1915 www.aukevisser.nl/esso/id23.htm her sister was SS New York

Check out the clipper bow, complete with figurehead!

here is her sister SS New York in Liverpool.

They were the first twin screw steamers, with long interesting histories. Her she is in her original fittings with 3 funnels in service with the Inman line. Launched in 1888 (City of NY) and 1889 (City of Paris),they each quickly won the Blue Ribband. Both were used by the US Navy as auxiliary cruisers in the Spanish-American War (as Harvard and Yale) Returned to service and renamed New York and Philadelphia for the American Line. In 1901-3 New York was refitted with 2 funnels and new triple expansion engines. Philadelphia (Yale) was stranded during the war and salvaged. She got her 2 funnels and was returned to service in 1901 as Philadelphia with the American Line. Both became troop transports and were renamed again in 1918 (as Plattsburg and Harrisburg) and both were broken up in 1923 in Genoa

In April 1914, the New York did a passenger run from Southampton to New York, arriving April 19th. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9905E7D81E39E633A... And in June 1914, the Philadelphia did a run in the other direction. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02E7DE143EE733A...

Other Bain photos of the sailing of the St. Paul from New York harbor, 8/7/14:

My great grandfather came to America on that ship in one of it's 12 Liverpool to NYC trips.