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Photo #: NH 51459-A

S.S. Lucia
(Austrian/American Freighter, 1912)

Sinking in the western Atlantic after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-155, 17 October 1918. A boatload of survivors is in the process of leaving the ship.
This ship was intended to become USS Lucia (ID # 3090), but was lost before the Navy could acquire her.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 5 October 2005