#SSVaterland, the second of three sisters from #HamburgAmericaLine, had her maiden voyage on #ThisDayInHistory in 1914. #WorldWarI changed her fate, and this proud #OceanLiner, the largest at her launching, lost money during #Prohibition for #UnitedStatesLines as #SSLeviathan.

#RMSMajestic, last #SuperLiner for #WhiteStarLine and world's largest #OceanLiner for 13 years, had her maiden voyage in 1922 on #ThisDayInHistory. Originally launched as #SSBismarck for #HamburgAmericaLine, she was completed, grudgingly and slowly, after #WWI as war reparations.