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 1940, when the Kriegsmarine requisitioned her as a accommodation ship for the war. On April 3, 1945, the ship was sunk in an air raid at Kiel. She was later raised during a harbor cleanup and was scrapped, starting in 1949.[2]
Background & design
After the launching of the SS Hamburg, 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.[3]