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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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Image posted 15 May 2005