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| 1905 | Apr. 20, launched | | 1905 | Oct. 11, maiden voyage Hamburg-Dover-Cherbourg-New York | | 1907 | Rebuilt, new tonnage: 22,621 gross | | 1912 | Oct. 4, collided with and sank British submarine B-2 off Dover, 15 lives lost | | 1917 | Seized by USA, became U.S. Army transport "America" | | 1918 | Trooping | | 1918 | July 14, collided with and sank the "Instructor", 16 lives lost | | 1918 | Oct. 15, foundered at Hoboken pier, 6 lives lost | | 1918 | Raised in November | | 1920 | Apr. 20, sailed with 6,500 troops from Vladivostok to Trieste via Suez | | 1921 | Rebuilt, accommodation: 225 1st class, 425 2nd class, 1,500 3rd class, converted to oil fuel at Boston | | 1921 | Chartered by U.S. Lines | | 1923 | Rebuilt, accommodation: 629 cabin, 1,056 3rd class, new tonnage: 21,114 gross | | 1926 | Mar. 11, damaged by fire at Newport News | | 1926 | Rebuilt, 835 cabin, 516 tourist 3rd class cabin, new tonnage: 21,329 gross | | 1931 | Laid up in Chesapeake Bay | | 1940 | Renamed "Edmund B. Alexander" | | 1942 | 1942-43 rebuilt at Baltimore, one funnel | | 1943 | Became a troopship | | 1949 | Laid up at Baltimore | | 1958 | Scrapped at Baltimore | | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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 Amerika, Hamburg America Line steamship
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 Amerika departing Hamburg, Hamburg America Line
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