Photo #: NH 105254
S.S. Amberstone (British Freighter, 1917)
This freighter was built on the Great Lakes in 1917 as S.S. Lake
Worth and served in the U.S. Navy from February 1918 to August
1919 as USS Lake Worth (ID # 2997). She was in commercial
service as the Belgian S.S. Phoenicier in 1920-1924, the
British S.S. Amberstone from 1924 to 1927, then as the
Norwegian S.S. Ørland. She was sunk by German aircraft
in Norwegian waters on 29 April 1940.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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