SS New York (1927)
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_.jpg) SS New York
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| History | |
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  Germany | |
| Name | SS New York |
| Namesake | New York |
| Owner | Hamburg-America Line |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Launched | 20 October 1926 |
| Maiden voyage | 1927 |
| Fate | 1940, Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine. 1945, Bombed and sunk at Kiel. 1950 final hulk breaking by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company. |
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| Operator | Kriegsmarine |
| In service | 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk in April 1945 |
| General characteristics (1927) | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 193.50 metres (634.8 ft) |
| Beam | 22.07 metres (72.4 ft) |
| Propulsion | twin steam turbine and 2 Propeller |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Capacity | 1,037 passengers |
| Crew | 420 |
SS New York was a German passenger liner[1] launched in 1926 for the Hamburg-America Line and was the sister to the SS Albert Ballin, SS Deutschland, and SS Hamburg. During World War II the ship continued its passenger service until in 1940, the Kriegsmarine requisitioned it as a accommodation ship for the war. The ship was sunk in an air raid at Kiel in 1945.
History
[edit]Background and construction
[edit]After the launching of the SS Hamburg, the Hamburg-America Line ordered its next ship of the Albert Ballin class of liners. The ship would be laid down by the Blohm & Voss shipyard as yard No 474 and was launched on 20 October 1926, as the SS New York.[2]
Ocean liner service
[edit]On 1 April 1927 the ship undertook her maiden voyage on the Hamburg to New York route. On 31 January 1928 she was the first Albert Ballin-class ship to take a cruise from New York via Madeira to the Mediterranean Sea and on to Istanbul, before ending on April 1 in Hamburg. On 18 and 19 December 1934 she assisted during the distress of the small Norwegian steamer Sisto at approx. 50N 22W, which had become unable to maneuver in a hurricane during a journey from Canada to Europe. The New York took the rescued crew to Southampton.[citation needed]
New York continued in liner service until 1940.
World War 2 service and fate
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During World War 2 the ship was stationed at Kiel and was requisitioned for use as a accommodation ship to train sailors and other military personnel. She was sunk in an Allied air raid attack in April 1945.[3] In 1950 the ship was scrapped in Ayrshire at the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company.[2]
See also
[edit]- Wilhelm Cuno, Director General of the Hamburg America Line who oversaw the ship's construction and launch
References
[edit]- ^ The Nautical Gazette. Vol. 121. 1931. p. 17.
- ^ a b "New York – ClydeMaritime". Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ Ransome-Wallis, Patrick (1977). North Atlantic Panorama, 1900-1976. Wesleyan University Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8195-5016-3.