This vessel had been designed by Cox & Stevens and built by Krupp's Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany, in 1927 as CRESSIDA for the German-American industrialist Hermann Oelrichs, who was a member of the Vanderbilt family.
This vessel was created by Cox & Stevens and constructed by Krupp's Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany, in 1927, under the name CRESSIDA, for Hermann Oelrichs, a member of the Vanderbilt family.