Photo #: NH 53579
SS Liebenfels (ex-German Freighter, 1903)
In dry dock at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, on 1
May 1917, showing marine growth accumulated on her hull while
she was inactive at Charleston following the outbreak of World
War I in August 1914. The ship was in the drydock to be converted
for Naval service and was commissioned as USS Houston
in early July 1917.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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