San Francisco to Shanghai
How long did it take to travel from San Francisco to Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 17 days door to door, $628 in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Embarkation
- San Francisco
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. President Larkin · Golden Gate Line · San Francisco – Honolulu – Yokohama – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Manila
- Calls
- Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Monday 30 March 1925
- Door to door
- 17 days
- Fare · First Class
- $628
- Fare · Second Class
- $408
- Fare · Third Class
- $201
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- San Francisco
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. President Hale · Golden Gate Line · San Francisco – Honolulu – Yokohama – Shanghai – Hong Kong – Manila
- Calls
- Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Monday 2 October 1933
- Door to door
- 17 days
- Fare · First Class
- $551
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $248
- Fare · Third Class
- $176
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