Nieuw Amsterdam
1938
(Noordzee NZ-21B)
- Type: Passenger
- Displacement: 36,287 tons
- Dimensions: 758 x 88 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turbines, twin screws = 20.5 knots
- Passengers: 1,220 (556 first class, 455 tourist class, 209 third class)
- Builder: Rotterdam Dry Dock Company, Rotterdam, Holland, 1938
- Service: Holland-America Line flagship, 1938-59. Served as Allied troopship, 1940-45. Sailed in Rotterdam-New York service until 1971, then solely as a cruise ship. Scrapped on Taiwan, 1974.
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