SS ''Arosa Kulm'' was a passenger ship which was launched at
Hog Island, Pennsylvania
Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Delaware River, to the west of the mouth of the Schuylkill River. Part of Philadelp ...
in 1919 and completed in 1920.
''Arosa Kulm'' started as the U.S. Army Transport ''Cantigny'', a 7,555-
gross register ton troopship with a speed of and was sold in 1923/1924 to commercial transatlantic freight and passenger transport as ''American Banker''. In 1940 the ship was transferred to a Belgian shipping company as ''Ville d'Anvers'' together with seven other idle American ships and was the only one of the eight ships to survive World War II to re-enter passenger service in 1946 with 200 berths as ''City of Athens''. In 1947 as ''Protea'' and refitted with berths for over 965 persons. the accommodations were probably the worst of any ship of that time. In 1952 the accommodations were adjusted to 900 and she was renamed ''Arosa Kulm'' after being sold to
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...
's
Arosa Line.
Australia was visited four times by ''Arosa Kulm''.
[Australian Migrant Ships 1946-1977 by Peter Plowman, Chiswick Publications 2006, ]
In addition to serving immigrants, ''Arosa Kulm'' was chartered by
American Field Service
AFS Intercultural Programs (or AFS, originally the American Field Service) is an international youth exchange organization. It consists of over 50 independent, not-for-profit organizations, each with its own network of volunteers, professional ...
, an exchange organization bringing numerous exchange students between Europe and the U.S.
''Arosa Kulm'' was scrapped at
Bruges
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The area of the whole city amoun ...
in Belgium in 1959.
See also
*
''Arosa Sky'' alias ''Bianca C.''
* ''
Arosa Star''
References
External links
Life onboard ''Arosa Kulm'' Cruising the past. The Arosa Line – Immigrants and Students{Dead link, date=May 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
Photo of ''Arosa Kulm'' Overseas Liner AROSA KULM in Bremerhaven 1956
1919 ships
Ocean liners