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96 The New York , built one year after the Hamburg , was practically identical to her sister in exterior construction and interior design. Like the Hamburg , she served as an ocean liner and a cruise ship, then had duties as a barracks vessel during the Second World War. In 1945, she was sunk off the coast of Kiel by American aerial bombardment. Her wreckage was later raised and towed to the United Kingdom to be scrapped. NEW YORK (1927) HAPAG | Blohm&Voss (Hamburg) | 193.5m On the New York , Deutsche Werkstätten fitted out not only the ladies’ lounge – as they did on the Hamburg – but also the second-class dining hall. The quality of the work on the New York , carried out according to plans by Karl Bertsch, was widely praised: “Accomplished in style and comforting effect, the interiors of the second class, which were executed entirely by Deutsche Werkstätten – with their wonderfully grained, warm walnut panelling on the tables and walls – are among the cosiest that today’s interior design has achieved.”  Münchner Neueste Nachrichten 91 (3 April 1927)