George Fried | |
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| Born | August 10, 1877 Worcester, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | July 25, 1949 (aged 71) Yonkers, New York, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Army 1898–1900 United States Navy 1900–16, 1918–21 United States Merchant Marine 1922–46 |
| Years of service | 1898–1946 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | USS Zuiderdijk (ID-2724) SS President Grant SS President Roosevelt USS America (ID-3006) SS Manhattan SS Leviathan SS Washington Steamboat Inspection Supervisor, 1934 |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War World War I |
| Awards | Navy Cross |
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.