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SS Hamburg (1926)

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Name
  
SS Hamburg

Route
  
Hamburg–New York City

In service
  
28 March 1926

Launched
  
1926

Weight
  
28,000 tons

Builder
  
Blohm + Voss

Owner
  
Hamburg America Line

Yard number
  
473

Name
  
Hamburg

Length
  
206 m

Draft
  
9.95 m

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SS Hamburg was a German ocean liner owned by the Hamburg America Line, built by the Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, Germany and launched in 1925. She had a sister ship, SS New York. They were similar to the SS Albert Ballin.

During World War II, the ship became a naval accommodation ship for the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served with the 7th U-boat Flotilla in Kiel. Reassigned to 3rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1941, Hamburg was transferred to 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig in October. From June 1943, Hamburg was relocated to Gotenhafen and assigned to 8th U-boat Flotilla. On 7 March 1945 during the evacuation of Germans from the Eastern Front, she struck a mine and sank off Saßnitz in position 54°30′00″N 13°42′02″E.

The wreck was raised by the Soviets and converted to a whaler at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde from 7 November 1950. Becoming Yuri Dolgoruki, the ship was put in service on 12 July 1960. She was then broken up in 1977.

References

SS Hamburg (1926) Wikipedia