what was the name of the titanics sister ship
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title: RMS Titanic alternative theories text: his book, "Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank?". In it, Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the "Titanic", and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact "Titanic"s sister ship , disguised as "Titanic", as an insurance scam by her owners, the International Mercantile Marine Group, controlled by American financier J.P. Morgan that had acquired the White Star Line in 1902. "Olympic" was the slightly older sister of "Titanic", built alongside the more famous vessel but launched in October 1910. Her exterior profile was title: Donald M. Carpenter text: me in the naming of this ship for my late husband and I hope her record will be one of which to be proud…” During World War II to honor his service to his country, a U.S. Navy destroyer was named for him. The was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange, Texas. She was also known as DDK 825 and DDE 825. She had a role in the 1980 movie "Raise the Titanic." The keel was laid on July 30, 1945 and she was launched on Dec 28, 1945. Due to cutbacks after the war she was not completed title: Sinking of the RMS Titanic text: time of her entry into service on 2 April 1912, Royal Mail Ship (RMS) "Titanic" was the second of three sister ships, and was the largest ship in the world. She and her sister, , were almost one and a half times the gross register tonnage of Cunard's and , the previous record holders, and were nearly longer. "Titanic" could carry 3,547 people in speed and comfort, and was built on a hitherto unprecedented scale. Her reciprocating engines were the largest that had ever been built, standing high and with cylinders in diameter requiring the burning of of coal per title: SS City of New York text: "Teutonic" and "Majestic". In February 1893, the Inman Line was merged into the American Line and by act of Congress, the renamed "New York" was transferred to the US flag. Beginning in the mid-1890s, "New York" and "Paris" were paired with "St Louis" and "St Paul" to form one of the premier Atlantic services. "New York" continued with the American Line until 1920 and was broken for scrap in 1923. She served the US Navy as "Harvard" during the Spanish–American War and "Plattsburg" in World War I. She is also remembered for nearly colliding with the RMS "Titanic" as the title: Sister ship text: American sister ships and , and the German Hindenburg class airship's "Hindenburg" and "Graf Zeppelin II". The generally accepted commercial distinctions of a "sister ship" are the following: The critical overriding criteria are the same hull design. For example, the popular TESS-57 standard design built by Tsunishi Shipbuilding are built in Japan, China, and the Philippines. All the ships of this design are classed as "sister ships". The International Maritime Organization defined "sister ship" in IMO resolution MSC/Circ.1158 in 2006. Criteria included these: Sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design