New York – San Francisco
New York to San Francisco by the Isthmian & Pacific Steamship Company: 17 days at sea in 1925, first class from $362, sailing Saturday from New York, fortnightly.
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.
Isthmian Line · New York to California by Panama
Itinerary
- New York → Havana · 1,190 nautical miles
- Havana → Colón (Cristóbal) · 990 nautical miles
- Colón (Cristóbal) → Los Angeles · 2,930 nautical miles · via the Panama Canal and San Diego
- Los Angeles → San Francisco · 370 nautical miles
The Panama Canal transit, about 10 h
Sailings
Saturday from New York, fortnightly; homeward Friday from San Francisco.
Steamers
Classes sold
- 1920 to 1927: First Class, Third Class
- 1928 to 1939: First Class, Tourist Class
The whole route in 1925
- Distance
- 5,480 nautical miles
- Duration
- 17 days on S.S. Shasta
- Fare · First Class
- $362
- Fare · Third Class
- $106
The whole route in 1933
- Distance
- 5,480 nautical miles
- Duration
- 17 days on S.S. Shasta
- Fare · First Class
- $318
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $136
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