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On May 7, 1915, the Cunard Line's Lusitania, among the fastest and most luxurious ocean liners ever built at the time, departed for Europe from Pier 54. Torpedoed by a U-boat off the southeastern coast of Ireland, it sank in 18 minutes, and 1,198 people perished within sight of land. This event, including the loss of many American lives, became a catalyst for the United States eventually entering the First World War in 1917.
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