Built by Harlan & Wolff Limited, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1904. 23,884 gross tons; 726 (bp) feet long; 75 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 16 knots. 2,875 passengers (425 first class, 450 second class, 2,000 third class). Built for White Star and Dominion Lines, in 1904 and named Baltic. Liverpool-New York service. Largest ship afloat, 1904-05. Troopship during World War I. Scrapped in 1933.
1231 WIEST, Friedrich Karl 6 Jul 1881 Rohrbach, Kherson, Russia 27 Feb 1957 Fresno, Calif.
1230 CROISSANT, Katherina 25 May 1882 Rohrbach, Russia 5 Mar 1944 Dinuba, Tulare, Calif.