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SS Columbus (1924)
The ''Columbus'', laid down before the start of World War I, was originally to be named ''Hindenburg''. However, her then-sister, originally named ''Columbus'', was handed over to the White Star Line after the war as part of reparations in 1920. The Allies allowed the Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), her owners, to keep the remaining ship. NDL decided to give her the name of her departed sister, now the British ''Homeric''. Construction, which had been held up by the war, resumed at Schichau Shipyards in Danzig, Germany.
==Construction and maiden voyage==
Material shortages caused by the war delayed her completion until 1922. She made her maiden voyage in April of 1924. At the time, she was the German merchant marine's largest, fastest ocean liner.
She measured 32,581 gross tonnage, was long with 1,750 cabins for luxury, first, second and tourist class passengers. Her maximum speed was 23 knots. "She had been chartered for a number of years by Cooks Travel Agency in New York and cruised into West Indian waters about every two weeks with occasional trips around South America and Africa."〔
She was one of the first liners to have an outside swimming pool installed on her top deck, as well as a platform for night-time dancing. She had triple-expansion steam engines and was quite popular and convinced NDL that larger passenger liners were feasible.
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