where was it to?
East Coast ports via the Tehuantepec Route to West Coast ports and Hawaii, and vice versa
SS Washingtonian (1913)
East Coast ports via the Tehuantepec Route to West Coast ports and Hawaii, and vice versa.
what is ss washingtonian? A cargo ship who designed it? The Maryland Steel Company of Sparrows Point when did its construction begin? UNANSWERABLE when was its initial journey? 1913
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SS Washingtonian (1913) [SEP] Service
When "Washingtonian" began sailing for American-Hawaiian, the company shipped cargo from East Coast ports via the Tehuantepec Route to West Coast ports and Hawaii, and vice versa. Shipments on the Tehuantepec Route arrived at Mexican ports—Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, for eastbound cargo, and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, for westbound cargo—and traversed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on the Tehuantepec National Railway. Eastbound shipments were primarily sugar and pineapple from Hawaii, while westbound cargoes were more general in nature. "Washingtonian" sailed in this service, but it is not known whether she sailed on the east or west side of North America. After the United States occupation of Veracruz on 21 April 1914 (which took place while six American-Hawaiian line ships were being held in various Mexican ports), the Huerta-led Mexican government closed the Tehuantepec National Railway to American shipping.