Algonquin 1939

The Algonquin, Mohawk's sister ship and the rescuer of most of her survivors, is seen here in a stylised 1939 graphic promoting her service between Gulf ports and the New York World's Fair. In July 1940 she caught fire and sank at her pier in New York City. She was raised and repaired, and transferred to the Porto Rico Line when she returned to service in 1941. Her career with them was brief: in January 1942 she taken over by the US Military, and after serving as both a transport and a hospital ship, was laid up in 1946 and scrapped in 1957.

Acknowledgements
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