SS Friesland

On March 25, 1903, Dominik Skorupa disembarked from the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in Liverpool, and boarded the SS Friesland. He arrived in the US at the Port of Philadelphia. Dominik was a 20 year old laborer with $3.00 in his pocket. His last home was Suchy Grunt, Poland which is just north of Skrwilno. His final destination in the US was his brother Jakub's home at 4314 Cressan Street in Philadelphia. Jakub paid passage for Dominik. Later, Jakub and Dominik would move to Chicago where they lived out their lives. The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was built in 1897 by Vulcan. Its tonnage was 14,349.At the beginning of WWI, it was fitted out as a commerce raider. She was destroyed by gunfire from the British cruiser Highflyer at Rio de Oro on August 27, 1914,