Photo #: NH 105637
S.S. Arauca (German Freighter, 1939)
Interned at Port Everglades, Florida, after being chased into
port there by the British cruiser Orion in December 1939.
Note the swastika flag flying from the stern. This ship was seized
by the U.S. in 1941 and became USS Saturn (AK-49, later
AF-40) in 1942.
The original image is printed on post card stock.
Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2008.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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