FINLAND

A RED STAR LINE VESSEL, OF 12,760 TONS SHE WAS  BUILT IN 1902 BY W.CRAMP & SONS IN PHILADELPHIA. SHE FLEW THE AMERICAN FLAG UNTIL 1909, WHILE ON THE NEWYORK TO ANTWERP RUN. IN THE EARLY PART OF 1909 SHE WAS PUT UNDER THE BELGIUM FLAG, BUT LATER THE SAME YEAR  SHE MADE THREE CROSS ATLANTIC TRIPS FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE ( PRESUMABLY UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG ) BUT IN 1912 WAS BACK TO FLYING THE U.S FLAG. SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP SHIP IN 1917 AND TORPEDOED IN THE SAME YEAR, BUT SURVIVED THIS ATTACK, AND WAS REPAIRED AT ST.NAZAIRE. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1928 AT BLYTH