USS Antigone (ID-3007) - SS Neckar

SS Neckar

Neckar was launched on 8 December 1900 at Geestemünde, Germany, by J.C. Tecklenborg; and was owned and operated by North German Lloyd. In the North Atlantic at the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, the passenger and freight liner sought sanctuary at the neutral port, Baltimore, Maryland—lest she fall prey to the warships of the Royal Navy—and was interned, ostensibly for the duration of the conflict.