George Fried

George Fried, (August 10, 1877 – July 25, 1949) a sea captain with service in both the US Navy and Merchant Marine, is best remembered for his valiant rescue of the crews of the British steamship ''Antinoe'' in 1926 while captaining the luxury liner SS ''President Roosevelt'' and three years later the Italian freighter ''Florida'' while in command of the luxury liner USS ''America''. Both of the ships he captained during the rescues were owned by the large United States Lines. Fried became familiar to thousands of Americans when his syndicated column "My Thirty Years at Sea", which chronicled his life and ocean adventures, was featured in major newspapers beginning in 1929. Provided by Wikipedia