Word: noordam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Briskly into New York harbor from Rotterdam one shiny morning last week rode the new, 10,704-ton Holland-America Line motorship Noordam, with a holdful of reasons why her maiden voyage should be considered an important item of marine intelligence. Second unit of a new Holland-America fleet,* she enjoyed the distinction of being the only transatlantic ship ever built with a private bath in every passenger cabin. A neat combination of freighter and passenger ship, her high-set midship superstructure is calculated to provide first-class passenger comfort at tourist rates ($253 round trip), while her low-slung...
...Nieuw Amsterdam, placed in service last May, was first. On the way are Noordam's sister ship, the Zaandam; the freighters Sloterdyk and Sommelidyk...