On April 11, 1912, the RMS Carpathia departed from Chelsea Piers in New York City for Fiume (present-day Rijeka, Croatia), carrying about 740 passengers. The ship never reached its destination on this particular departure. Just after midnight on April 15, 1912, Carpathia‘s wireless operator, Harold Cottam, received some messages from Cape Cod stating they had private traffic for the Titanic. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Chelsea Piers’
1912: Captain, the New York City Feline Mascot of the RMS Carpathia
Posted: 3rd February 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Captain Rostron, Carpathia, cats in history, Chelsea Piers, New York City History, Pier 54, Titanic
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1922: A Christmas Feast for Woo-Ki and the Pirate Cats of Chelsea Piers
Posted: 17th December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Christmas Cat TalesTags: Cat Stories, Chelsea Piers, Chelsea Pirate Cats, New York History, pirate cats, RMS Olympic, Sam Meders
During World War I and World War II, hundreds of cats from all over the world were left stranded on the Chelsea Piers in New York when the troopships they had stowed away on left the harbor without them. The news media called them the “Chelsea Pirate Cats.”
1946: The Cat Who Broke Rank with the Dogs of Operation Bow-Wow
Posted: 31st May 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Cat Stories, Chelsea Piers, Liberty ship, New York History, Operation Bow-Wow, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Warren P. Marks
On February 20, 1946, the Liberty ship SS Warren P. Marks arrived at Chelsea Piers (Pier 60) on the Hudson River carrying 81 dogs and “one live cat from Bremerhaven, Germany.” The dogs and cat had all been obtained overseas during World War II by American soldiers who wanted to keep them as pets back home.
1917 and 1945: The Refugee Sea Cats of Chelsea Piers
Posted: 28th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Animal Tales, Cat Stories, Chelsea Piers, mascot cats, New York History, Old New York, Seafaring cats
Everyone knows that despite its nine lives, curiosity kills the cat. For the sea-faring cats in this story, it was curiosity and a war-time ban on ship whistles that left them stranded on the Chelsea Piers ship terminal during WWI and WWII.
