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NH 54663 SS DeKalb

Photo #: NH 54663 SS DeKalb
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Title: SS DeKalb
Description: (American Passenger Liner, 1904) In the Hudson River near Sputtan Duyvill Creek, on 16 December 1919, after she had been damaged by fire. The fire broke out while the ship was lying ready to be converted to an oil burner for the South American trade. Her skeleton crew of 35 men was removed safely and the vessel beached. Built in 1904 as the German liner Prinz Eitel Friedrich, this ship served as USS DeKalb (ID # 3010) in 1917-1919. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 54663
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