Photo #: NH 105259
S.S. American Farmer
(American Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1920)
This ship was completed in 1920 as the U.S. Army transport Ourcq.
In 1924 she became the American passenger and cargo ship American
Farmer, and in early 1940 she was transferred to the Belgian
flag and renamed Ville de Liege. The ship was torpedoed
by a German submarine in April 1941 while in an convoy east of
Greenland.
Note that the ship's paint scheme attempts to give this very
square-cut vessel the illusion of a graceful sheer line. Note
also the American flag on her side, probably a neutrality marking
applied in 1939.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2007.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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