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in 1933 and stripped it down to its hull. They refitted the hull with 24 watertight compartments, then built five decks encased within an all-steel superstructure. The company moved her to her new home port of St. Louis, Missouri, where she served the upscale excursion market. Renamed as
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Steamer, Biggest and Finest On The Upper Mississippi". She continued tramping (having no fixed schedule or published ports of
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