SS Kroonland was an ocean liner for International Mercantile Marine (IMM) from her launch in 1902 until she was scrapped in 1927. When completed by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, she was the largest- ever United States steamship. Kroonland sailed for IMM's Red Star Line for 12 years, mostly on the route between New York City and Antwerp, and later sailed for IMM's American Line and Panama Pacific Line. Kroonland was one of ten ships that came to the aid of the burning liner Volturno in the mid-Atlantic in October 1913. Despite stormy seas, Kroonland took aboard 89 survivors. In 1915, she became the largest passenger vessel to that point to pass through the Panama Canal. During and after World War I, the ship served as U.S. Army transport USAT Kroonland through April 1918, and as the Navy auxiliary USS Kroonland (ID-1541) from April 1918 to October 1919. After being returned to IMM, she continued on various passenger routes until 1926. She was sold and scrapped the following year.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1891:

Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming, was established as the country's first national forest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshone_National_Forest

1913:

Thousands of women marched in Washington, D.C. (program cover pictured) "in a spirit of protest" against the exclusion of women from American society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Suffrage_Procession

1924:

The Ottoman Caliphate, the world's last widely recognized caliphate, was abolished. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_Caliphate

1991:

Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during an arrest, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African-American community and the police department over police brutality and social inequality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

black swan: 1. Cygnus atratus, a swan with black plumage and a red bill which is endemic to Australia. 2. (figurative) 3. Something believed impossible or not to exist, especially if an example is subsequently found; also, something extremely rare; a rara avis. 4. (specifically, also attributive) A rare and hard-to-predict event with major consequences. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/black_swan

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Everybody continually tries to get away with as much as he can; and society is a marvelous machine which allows decent people to be cruel without realizing it.   --Émile Chartier https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Chartier