Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
Mentioned during testimony of Gerhard Apfeld - Marine Superintendent of the Red Star Line.
Data:
1902
Launched by W. Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
October 4, 1902
Maiden voyage: New York - Antwerp.
March - June 1909
Made three Naples-New York crossings for White Star Line.
1909
Registry transferred and the vessel began flying the Belgian flag.
1912
Registry reverted to U.S Flag.
April 1915
Chartered to Panama Pacific for six months, on a New York-Panama Canal-San Francisco route.
Upon return to IMM service, Finland was placed on American Line's New York - London and New York - Liverpool routes.
1917
When America entered the war she was taken over as a US troopship until torpedoed 150 miles from the French coast. She reached St Nazaire where she was repaired.
September 1919
Decommissioned.
1920
Returned to service, running on Red Star's Antwerp-New York route and American's New York-Plymouth-Hamburg route.
November 1923
Sold to Panama Pacific.
1928
Scrapped.
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