SS Potsdam was a German ocean liner built in 1899 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg. It operated under the ownership of the German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, primarily serving the transatlantic route between Bremen and New York. The ship had a luxurious interior with accommodations for both first and second-class passengers, reflecting the opulence of early 20th-century ocean liners. SS Potsdam had a successful career until World War I when it was requisitioned for military use. After the war, the ship was briefly returned to passenger service before being sold to Japanese interests in 1921 and renamed SS Asama Maru. The vessel continued to operate under various owners until its eventual scrapping in 1933. SS Potsdam's history highlights the evolution of ocean liners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and its role in transatlantic travel during that era.

This description has been generated using GPT-3.5-TURBO based on the Vessel's wikidata information and then modified by ShipIndex.org staff.