Photo #: NH 99348
S.S. Freedom (American Passenger-Cargo Steamer, 1894)
In port, probably in mid or late 1918. Originally the German
steamer Wittekind, she was seized by the U.S. Government
in 1917 and renamed Iroquois. Her name was changed to
Freedom circa August 1918.
This ship was taken over by the Navy in January 1919 and placed
in commission as USS Freedom (ID # 3024). She was decommissioned
on 23 September 1919 and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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