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Most of the pre-war ships went to the scrapyard since it was the wiring to go first. Plumbing to go second, boilers third, and hull structure fourth.
Berengaria-Imperator was shut down by the coast guard in 1938 when the wiring started to ignite in NY harbor.
I'm sure the SS United States would have to be re-wired if she's ever converted to a static attraction.
They also had the antiquated and dodgy electircal systems and not worth the time and effort for conversion.
Kaiser Wilhelm II and Agamemnon were actually the same ship. When the U.S. took over KWII in 1917, it renamed her u.s.s. Kaiser Wilhelm II and then, in September, changed it to Agamemnon.
Her name was changed again in 1927 to Monticello.
Kronprinzessin Cecilie (one of my favorite names for an ocean liner) was renamed Mt. Vernon when taken over by the U.S.
Kronprinz Wilhelm was renamed Von Steuben and was scrapped in '23.....
-Russ
[ 12-17-2012: Message edited by: linerguy ]
It amazes me that the postwar liners lived much longer lives. Olympia-Regal Empress, Queen Anna Maria-Carnivale, Moore McCormack twins, Oceanic, Sea Breeze all had 40plus service years. Regal Empress making it to 55.
I believe it had to do with better MEP systems, tank and hull metallurgy, and what was learned in WWII technically.
quote:Originally posted by linerguy:Especially when you think about ships like White Star's HOMERIC: scrapped after only 13 years of actual service.
While true she had only been in service for 13 years, she was she was 22 when pulled from service, she had seen a lot of neglect between 1913 and 1919 and she ran the north Atlantic in the winter months, a route that will age any ship.
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