Word: amsterdam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...January 1936 the keel was laid. In April 1937 Queen Wilhelmina launched the Nieuw Amsterdam.* With accommodations for 1,232 passengers in cabin, tourist, and third classes, the new, 785 ft., 36,287 ton ship had 374 private bathrooms (a record for her size), 23 public rooms so arranged that all could be thrown together to make her a one-class ship for cruises, two swimming pools, a theatre, more complete air-conditioning and fire protection than any ship afloat, aluminum lifeboats. Most notable of all, her interior decoration ranked her at once as one of the most beautiful ships...
Last week when the Nieuw Amsterdam set sail, the renascent Holland-America Line had already been able to pay back in full the Government's "20year" loan, and only a successful maiden voyage was needed to make black ink blacker still. Half way across the Atlantic, the Nieuw Amsterdam ran into genuine rough weather. Officials aboard beamed with satisfaction. She proved not only seaworthy but exceptionally steady. Three days later, however, they discovered an error in their careful Dutch calculations: Designed to make 21½ knots, the Nieuw Amsterdam did 23 without pushing and as a "seven-day ship...
...liner Nieuw Amsterdam, less than half so large, was scrapped...
...congestion increased. Yet in this age of luxury and disease two admirable forms arose: the scrubbed Dutch town with its wide windows and leafy canals, by which barges loaded with vegetables and flowers came in from the country, and the 17th Century New England village. In the growth of Amsterdam through its semicircular web of canals (see cut) Author Mumford finds a nearly perfect example of organic city planning...
...Nieuw Amsterdam, Nearly twice the size of any vessel previously built in The Netherlands, the Nieuw Amsterdam was solemnly launched by Queen Wilhelmina early in 1937. Due to begin her trial runs in the next fortnight, Holland-America Line's air-conditioned flagship is scheduled to arrive in the U. S. next May. Almost exactly the size and speed of Britain's new Mauretania (see below), The Netherlands' vessel differs from the British ship in that it is streamlined, has egg-shaped, sootless funnels, and its $12,000,000 cost was met entirely without Government subsidy...