Hellow guys, Welcome to my website, and you are watching s.s. Amerika, Hamburg-American Line, The Interior. and this vIdeo is uploaded by Ballins Dampfer Welt at 2015-09-10T09:46:53-07:00. We are pramote this video only for entertainment and educational perpose only. So, I hop you like our website.
| Name | s.s. Amerika, Hamburg-American Line, The Interior |
| Video Uploader | Video From Ballins Dampfer Welt |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 10-09-2015 16:46:53 |
| Video Discription | The SS Amerika was build by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the Hamburg America Line of Germany. In 1905 she was the largest , finest und greatest ship afloat. As a passenger liner, she sailed primarily between Hamburg and New York. On 14 April 1912, Amerika transmitted a wireless message about icebergs near the same area where RMS Titanic struck one and sank less than three hours later. At the outset of World War I, Amerika was docked at Boston; rather than risk seizure by the British Royal Navy, she remained in port for the next three years. Hours before the entry of the United States into the war, Amerika was seized and placed under control of the United States Shipping Board (USSB). Later transferred to the U.S. Navy for use as a troop transport, she was initially commissioned as USS Amerika with Naval Registry Identification Number 3006 (ID-3006), but her name was soon Anglicized to America. As America she transported almost 40,000 troops to France. She sank at her mooring in New York in 1918, but was soon raised and reconditioned. After the Armistice, America transported over 51,000 troops back home from Europe. In 1919, she was handed over to the War Department for use by the United States Army as USAT America, under whose control she remained until 1920. Returned to the USSB in 1920, America was initially assigned to the United States Mail Steamship Company, and later, after that company’s demise, to United States Lines, for whom she plied the North Atlantic on Bremen to New York routes. In March 1926, due to a tragic oil leak from inside the ship, near the end of one of her periodic refits, America suffered a fire that raged for seven hours and burned nearly all of her passenger cabins. Despite almost $2,000,000 in damage, the ship was rebuilt and back in service by the following year. In April 1931, America ended her service for the United States Lines and was laid up for almost nine years. In October 1940, America was reactivated for the U.S. Army and renamed USAT Edmund B. Alexander. After a stint as a barracks ship at St. John's, Newfoundland, the Alexander was refitted for use as a troopship for World War II duty. She was first placed on a New Orleans to Panama route, but later transferred to trooping between New York and European ports. At the end of the war, Edmund B. Alexander was converted to carry military dependents, remaining in that service until 1949. She was placed in reserve until sold for scrapping in January 1957. Tonnage: 22,225 gross tons Length: 669 ft (204 m) Beam: 74.3 ft (22.6 m) Propulsion: 2 steam engines, twin screws Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) Capacity: 2,508 passengers as follows: 386 first class 150 second class 222 third class 1,750 fourth class Crew: 577 |
| Category | Autos & Vehicles |
| Tags | ship | sea | ocean | harbour | music | cunard | white star | history | jazz | swing | cruise | doku | must | see | fun | child | europe | usa | war | titanic | queen | show | series | steam | horn | islam | allah | lucky | sound | footage | french | german | west | track | sinking | Hamburg America Line (Business Operation) | USS America (ID-3006) | RMS Titanic (Ship) | Boat |
