Tugboats Helping the S.S. Rotterdam Dock

(Original Caption) A new ship with a new look, inside as well as outside, is the 5th S.S. Rotterdam to fly the Holland America Line house flag. The 38,650 gross ton luxury liner arrived here today. Following the familiar, but never stale harbor welcome accorded such important maiden liners, Moran tugs assisted her to dock at 5th Street, Hoboken, N.J. Later, the Rotterdam, with a profile unique in western ocean steamer lanes, since she has no conventional smokestack, was moved to her line's nearly completed $18,723,000 Pier 40 at the foot of West Houston Street on the Manhattan side of the North River. Just under 750 feet long, with a breadth of 94 feet, the twin screw, turbine powered ship has a service speed of 20.5 knots, and is the largest foreign flag liner built for the transatlantic trade since World War II, 5th in size using the Port of New York regularly. The Rotterd (Photo by George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images)