Liner "New York" after bombing.

Liner "New York" after bombing. The Hamburg-American Line's 27,000-ton "New York" lies on its side after being bombed during one of the 20 air attacks by the Eight U.S. Air Force and the RAF on Kiel. Nearly 30,000 pounds of explosives and incendiaries were dropped on Kiel from May, 1943, to March, 1945. The city, pricipal manufacturing center for German U-boats and the chief port on the Baltic, was captured April 28, 1945, by Allied ground forces.