**SOLD**
49”L x 15”H x 6”W
A quick tour of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, 1901-1923a deluxe suite in 1901 cost $2,000.00.
- 1,761 total passengers, 1,054 3rd Class.
- 3rd Class to USA, $10.00.
- the 4-funnel Deutschland held Atlantic speed record, but vibrated badly; 4-funnels in Kronprinz but smaller engines, company no longer interested in speed records.
- 1902, ran over and sunk the cargo ship Robert Ingham.
- July 8th 1907, in position 42° 50' N – 50° 31' W, hit iceberg, sustained minor damage.
- WWI declared, ship leaves Hoboken NJ, German navel crew transferred at sea, outfitted with two 80mm guns.
- captures British steamer Indian Prince loaded with cocoa, coffee, sinks her.
- as raids continue, all prisoner-of-war passengers are kept in 1st class, enemy crews are kept in 2nd class accommodations. She captures 14 ships.
- to avoid stopping in ports, captures ships with coal.
- after 8 months at sea, crew suffers from beriberi.
- Sails into neutral USA, interned for two years at Newport News, VA.
- 1917, renamed USS Von Steuben (after a German mercenary who helped bring discipline to America’s Continental Army during the American Revolution) and entered US troopship service.
- war ends, decommissioned 1919, laid up until 1923, sold for scrap to the Boston Metal Company.
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