The SS Kronprinz Wilhelm

  This ship carried my Great Grandfather, Andrus Czmori (spelling from ship manifest) from Bremen, Germany to New York, arriving December 23, 1901. at Ellis Island, NY. His trip began in Lucska, Slovakia and ended in Braddock, Pa. USA.

  Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin (1), Germany, 1901. 14,908 gross tons; 664 feet long; 66 feet wide.  1,761 passengers (367 first class, 340 second class, 1,054 third class).

  Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1901 and named Kronprinz Wilhelm. Bremerhaven-New York service. Refitted as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914; sank 15 ships. Interned 1915. Seized by United States Government, American flag, in 1915 and renamed USS Von Steuben. Laid up in 1919. Scrapped in 1923.

(1) Stettin is now in Poland.