The United Fruit Company, which later became Chiquita Brands, ran a fleet of cargo/passenger ships that were known as the Great White Fleet. Puerto Armuelles was listed on several brochures as a port of call in the 1930’s.
Here are some brochures from the collection of Björn Larsson:
Bananas inside the cargo hold of a ship
Each ship carried an average of 35,000 bunches of bananas.
Menu cover on the Great White Fleet vessel called “Talamanca”, from the collection of Mr. Hayden Matthews:
The ships were said to provide gourmet meals to the passengers on board!
Inside of menu:
Read about the Great White Fleet HERE.
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我在美国军队世界大战II写一个账号我父亲的经历. 在他的旅程之一，他是在 “牙买加” 前不久它变成了运兵船. 我想知道有关权限使用的图片 “牙买加,” 和室内拍摄时它是 “皮特的,” as well. 换句话说是否有版权问题?
我从维基百科共享这些照片, 所以没有版权问题. 随意使用它们! 是你的父亲曾在巴拿马?
这让库尔我所做的研究在安东尼奥港，我期待的图片, 故事的任何事情，因为在其干草一天波特兰ð
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一个令人难以置信的发现了什么对我来说，我追寻祖父的历史. 他在Parismina管家 (更名为谢尔曼将军在 1932) 大约 1930. 一次偶然的机会我那年发现自己的名字船员名单, 所以有这些宣传册和历史是一个礼物. 他在农产品行业工作了一辈子, 所以这可能是一个刺激为他巡航古巴海湾新奥尔良, 不知道怎么感谢你才好!!
哇! 这是惊人的查尔斯. 很多从那个时期的信息实际可用通过谷歌搜索，这些天. 越来越多的信息正在取得数字. 很高兴你喜欢它!
我很高兴听到你发现我们的研究很有用! 感谢您的评论查尔斯.
早在 1939 ,我家就住在OSTRICA的小村庄 , 路易斯安那大约是 65 英里以南新奥尔良, 在小姐. 河. 我们会看到这些美丽的芭蕉船上上下下河. 我们经常出去小排船要检索的船员会在球场边的香蕉.
我很想有任何该等船舶的照片构建模型. 只有一个名字，我记得是CEFALU,
谢谢你真的很有趣, 你划出来的船舶和他们把香蕉给你! 我得到了大部分在我的文章中的信息从谷歌搜索和真的有很多优秀的信息, 和图像, 可在线. 我敢肯定，你可以找到一个合适的图像复制. 祝你好运与您的模型!
我有时在1940年走过的SS Veragua — 我是一个小的孩子，不记得当年 — 我有该船舶的照片明信片，我会很乐意扫描和发送 / 上载 — 或许管理员可以方便??!!
发送你有任何照片 editor@visitPuertoArmuelles.com
谢谢你的考虑〜我们会高兴得不得了，以张贴在这里!
这是真棒阿玲! Send them to editor@visitPuertoArmuelles.com 我会张贴在网站上.
非常感谢!
Debbie
My father was the architect of these ships from the late 1920′ to 1965. I had a inlaid wooden picture of TSS Junior and the launching booklets for the Telde, Gedera, Tenadores,Vegesack and Tilapa. In addition, my mother christened one of the ships ( not named in this grouping) in 1959. What fun to find this posting!
What was the name of the ship your mother christened? I’ll be happy to post copies of any photos you’d like to share.
My grandfather was the hospital administrator for United Fruit Company in Almirante, Panama, Puerto Castilla, Honduras and Puerto Armuelles, Panama from 1919 to 1938. During this period, my mother and her parents and sisters sailed several times per year on the ships of the Great White Fleet. We have photo albums with pictures from that era.
That’s really amazing! It would be so wonderful if you could scan or take photos of them with a digital camera to email to us. We would be happy to share some of them on the website. There are a lot of history buffs out there, and Puerto has a vibrant history.
你好. I find your post very exciting. My wife is researching her father’s (Gilbert A. Smith) travels to Panama in the mid 1920s. Have you posted your photos anywhere as I am sure many people would be anxious to look at them for family.
Thank you very much.
Don
Hola Don, I’m glad the site is interesting to you and your wife! The photos I’ve posted are from other people. There are a few old timers here with huge stacks of historical photos. I’ll be happy to introduce you if you ever make it to Puerto for a visit. In the meantime, I’ll continue to post more from time to time.
My mother sailed from NYC, 1 Dec 1943 to Puerto Cortez to marry my father who worked for UFC in Honduras. Looking for name of UFC ship. It was later sunk by U-boat on leaving Honduras. Can you help? Ship arrived Puerto Cortez around 12 Dec 1941.
I’ll do some research when I have time. That’s a fascinating story!
I recall hearing that the unfortunate ship was the San Jose (and I believe there was a later Junior-class ship with the same name). My dad, Vincent A. ‘Sarge’ Labate, Jr, during that time, was stationed with the Army Air Corps in Guatemala City. He was an aircraft mechanic, and he flew with a colonel who was an air attache providing assistance to the various Central American air forces (and airlines). During a trip to Tela, Honduras he met a lovely young lady from Scotland whose family had moved to Tela. This lady, Jean Crichton, later became his wife, and a year later my mother. Oh yes, the ship…as my dad recounted it, he was in Tela when one of the Honduran air force pilots asked him for assistance to arm his biplane with bombs–he was going to go after that German sub. Together, they wired a couple of 50-pound bombs under the wings with a jury-rigged release system, and took off on their mission. The search seemed to prove fruitless, and Dad had to get insistent with the pilot that they had exhausted more than half of their fuel, and if they didn’t want to swim back to Tela the had better turn around. Just then they spotted a submarine just beneath the surface and dropped the little bombs, hoping for a bit of luck. They were able to make it back to the airport, and later they started hearing reports of oil washing up on the pristine Tela beach. Was it because of damage to the sub, or did the sub release oil to fool them? I’ve never heard the outcome. But years later my aunt Nan (Nan Dahlgard, my mother’s closest sister who lived in Tela) told the same story about the locals grousing about Dad bombing a sub and ruining the beach. Dad went on to join the Fruit Company in Tela, then Los Andes, Guatemala, then Parrita, Costa Rica, and finally Puerto Armuelles from 1953-61, where he worked in the Taller Mecánica. It was a great place to grow up!
I”m glad I came across this site.
My grandfather Harry Spencer, was Captain of the Calamares, Peten/Jamaica Santa Marta and others over a career of around 30 years.
I am always looking for information, as he saved very little.
Will Willis
谢谢! I am having a great time researching and discovering more of the colorful past of Puerto Armuelles.
寻找战后 SS 牙买加内部的照片…
我有一幅水粉画，是为那艘船准备的壁画 1946-47 我很好奇这些壁画是否真的出现在那里. 艺术家是 Lou Block, 住在纽约, 在史泰登岛进行整修时.