Early Career
Joseph T. Dickman was built as Peninsula State for the United States Shipping Board by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, in 1921 and 1922. She began transatlantic service for United States Lines in 1922, and soon afterward in May was renamed President Pierce. In August 1922 the ship was renamed President Roosevelt, a name she carried during her many years of passenger service.
In January 1926, President Roosevelt was involved in the rescue of the crew of the British cargo ship ship SS Antinoe that foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in January 1926. George Fried, the Roosevelt's captain, was given a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan in honor of his heroism.
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