AMERICA: 1905 - Cabin (First) Class deck plan from 1930United States Lines: A fold out (24" by 32") Cabin Class (First Class) deck plan dated 1930 of the S. S. AMERICA For a short time she was the largest in the world when introduced as AMERIKA in 1905 by Hamburg American Line. The ship had such innovations as an elevator (the first on a ship) and a deluxe a la carte restaurant (also a first). Like so many German passenger liners, the start of WW1 found the AMERIKA on the wrong side of the ocean. The U.

the artists decided to spruce the place up by painting murals in the lounge and dining room

The cabin lay-outs and sizes are far more complicated

These handsome liners sailed from London to Durban via the Suez Canal

My family has a connection to this ship

The ship had taken her maiden voyage just four years earlier as Zim Lines' SHALOM

sixteen-page brochure from the late 1960s covering OOL's fleet of repurposed classic liners that sailed around-the-world

North German Lloyd: A fold-out

That includes C

In 1960 American President Lines rebuilt her into the PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

From "Young Voyageurs Are 'at Home' Aboard the S

Greek Line:  A sixteen-page deck plan booklet for the "Luxurious New Flagship"

a section of suites under the bridge