1930 Fire & Sinking
On February 11, 1930 after docking and discharging passengers and most of its crew from a voyage from Bremen, Germany, a fire broke out in a paint locker which quickly spread to another storage hold; the massive fire and explosion resulted in a five-alarm fire with all fire equipment in New York City being sent to the burning ship. The fire could not be controlled and it sank next to the wharf it was docking at.
In one of the largest shipping salvage efforts of its time, the München was raised and towed to a dry dock and repaired and returned to service. Shortly afterwards the ships owner renamed it the General von Steuben.
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