Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
Mentioned during testimony of Gerhard Apfeld - Marine Superintendent of the Red Star Line.
Data:
February 20, 1902
Launched by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kroonland was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1902, she was operated commercially for the next fifteen years, mainly trading between New York and Antwerp, Belgium, until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. In 1915 she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific, and in 1916 began service between the United States and Great Britain.
June 28, 1902
Maiden voyage: New York to Antwerp
May 20, 1917
While en-route to Liverpool when she was damaged by a German submarine's torpedo. Following repairs, the ship returned to service.
February 1918
Formally taken over by the U.S. Army for one voyage to France.
April 1918
Transferred to the U.S.Navy; commissioned as USS Kroonland (ID # 1541). Made five round-trips, carrying American troops to France.
July 10, 1918
Another encounter with a U-Boat, with no damage suffered
October 1919
Decomissioned and returned to her owners.
1920
Resumed commercial operations U.S. and Europe and, after 1923, between the East and West Coasts by way of the Panama Canal.
1927
Scrapped.
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