 On 7 April 1929, "Paris" ran aground in New York Harbor; she was refloated 36 hours later.On 18 April 1929, she ran aground again, this time on the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom.She was refloated two hours later, then anchored off Penlee, Cornwall, where 157 of her passengers were taken off by a tender and landed at Plymouth, Devon.