Titanic and Lusitania
In April 1912 following the Titanic sinking the RMS Carpathia picked up survivors. The ship first went to the White Star piers where it discharged the Titanic's lifeboats that had been brought aboard before coming back to Pier 54 to discharge the passengers.
The RMS Lusitania left the port in 1915 before being torpedoed and becoming the rallying cry for American involvement in World War I.
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