American Salvage Company - Organized just after Lusitania Sinking - New York 1919

Beautiful certificate from the American Salvage Company issued no later than 1919. This historic document has an ornate border around it with an unusual vignette of a diving bell lowered from a salvage ship over a sunken passenger liner. This item has the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is over 101 years old.


Certificate Vignette


Picture of company's product shown for illustrative purposes



The company was in the business of trying to salvage ships that were sunk during World War I.

William D. Sisson was issued patent # 1,321,562 for a Submarine vessel and assigned it to the The American Salvage Company, West New York, N. J. on Nov. 11, 1919.