SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground on the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana, Cuba, to New York, New York, United States, with the loss of 137 passengers and crew.

2021年11月19日 · The SS Morro Castle, named after a fortress that guards Havana Bay, was a luxury cruise ship of the 1930s that was built for the Ward Line for runs between New York City and Havana. On the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana to New York, the ship caught fire and burned, killing 137 passengers and crew members.

On Saturday, September 8th, 1934, the SS Morro Castle cruise ship caught fire along the Jersey shore. Learn more about the history behind this tragic event.

Nothing could have been more terrifying than being a passenger or crew member aboard the “Morro Castle” in the early morning hours of September 7, 1934 when fire erupted in two places on the 508’ long, 11,250 gross tons of elegant ship.

On 8 September 1934, Ward Line’s Morro Castle caught fire on a stormy night off the New Jersey coast as she was returning to New York from Havana. The blaze claimed the lives of 137 of 549 passengers and crewmembers.

2023年9月23日 · The SS Morro Castle was a ship of the Ward Line, running between Havana and New York City. She was 480 feet in length and could carry 489 passengers and 240 crew. A sister ship, the SS Oriente, worked the route in the opposite direction.

2024年9月8日 · The Morro Castle set sail on her maiden voyage on August 23, 1930 and made it to Havana, Cuba in just under 59 hours. Her return trip back to New York was even better at 58 hours. The new liner was a success. For the next four years, the Morro Castle would be an escape from the hard

2014年11月30日 · The devastating fire aboard the SS Morro Castle was a catalyst for improved shipboard fire safety. Today, the use of fire-retardant materials, automatic fire doors, ship-wide fire alarms, and greater attention to fire drills, and procedures resulted directly from the …

An 11,520-ton passenger liner built in 1930 at a cost of $5,500,000, the Morro Castle was regarded as one of the most luxurious and up-to-date ships in the American mercantile marine. She had undergone inspection by State officials as recently as last August.

2024年12月6日 · The fire on the Morro Castle was world-wide news, the burned out wreckage of the ship was towed from Asbury Park to Baltimore nearly six months later on March 29, 1935 where it was scrapped. Not long ago “The Mystery of the Morro Castle” was featured on the television show Weird New Jersey.