Photo #: NH 51461
S.S. Lucia (Austrian/American Freighter, 1912)
View on board the ship, taken as she was sinking in the western
Atlantic after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-155,
17 October 1918.
This view looks aft from atop Lucia's pilot house. The
white wake along her port side is caused by air escaping from
containers stamped under her decks. These were supposed to furnish
buoyancy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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