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Ss General Von SteubenThe SS General von Steuben (formerly called the München (after Munich), but renamed in 1938) was a German luxurious passenger ship which was turned into an armored transport ship in World War II. The 14,600-ton liner set sail from Pillau in the bay of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) on February 10, 1945, her destination being Swinemnde. On board were 2,000 wounded soldiers, 320 nurses and 30 doctors as well as over 2,000 refugees. In total, Steuben had around 5.200 people on board at that evening, much more then her capacity. However, the Captain of Steuben, Karl Homann, only reported carrying 4.200 in the ship's log. Just after midnight, two torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-13 hit the Steuben. According to 659 survivors, she sank within about twenty minutes. A lot of the wounded soldiers committed suicide, just moments after the first hit. Around 4.500 people died in the sinking of the General von Steuben.
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