Built by J. & G. Thomson Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1888. 10,499 gross tons; 560 (bp) feet long; 60 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engines, twin screw.  Service speed 20 knots.  1,740 passengers (540 first class, 200 second class, 1,000 third class).

Built for Inman & International Steamship Company, in 1888 and named City of New York. Liverpool-New York service. World’s fastest ship 1892-93. Sold to American Line, in 1893 and renamed New York. Renamed USS Harvard in 1898. Served briefly for US Navy in 1898 during the Spanish-American war. Renamed New York in 1898. Renamed USS Plattsburg in 1917. Armed merchant cruiser service. Reverted to American Line as NEW YORK in 1919. Sold in 1919. to Polish Navigation Company. New York-Danzig service. New York-Mediterranean service in 1922. Scrapped at Genoa in 1923.
 
 
 
 

                                        

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