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NH 93744 SS AMERICA (U.S. Passenger Ship, 1940)

SS AMERICA (U.S. Passenger Ship, 1940)
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Title: SS AMERICA (U.S. Passenger Ship, 1940)
Caption: The launch of the United States lines' AMERICA at Newport News Shipbuilding at Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, on 31 August 1939. AMERICA served as the troopship WEST POINT in World War II and then sailed as AMERICA, AUSTRALIS, AMERICA, and ITALIS before becoming a hotel ship in west Africa in 1980.
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Catalog #: NH 93744
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Thu, Aug 31, 1939
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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