Description

Model of the passenger steamer Saint John mounted on a flat wood base. Black hull with white superstructure; black funnel bearing a blue and white Eastern Steamship Lines flag.

The Saint John was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the Eastern Steamship Lines in 1932. She carried passengers between New York, Halifax, and St. John, and was later requisitioned by the US Navy for service in World War II.