DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 89436
S.S. W.L. Steed (American Tanker, 1918)
Photographed in 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage.
This ship was USS W.L. Steed (ID # 3449) between September
1918 and March 1919. On 2 February 1942, while in commercial
service, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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