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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Freedom (ID # 3024), 1919-1919.
Previously the S.S. Freedom (1918), Iroquois (1917) and Wittekind (built 1894)
USS Freedom, a 5640 gross ton troop transport, was built
in 1894 at Hamburg, Germany, as the German passenger-cargo steamer
Wittekind. Seized by the United States Government in 1917,
she was renamed Iroquois and operated under charter to
the U.S. Army during the rest of World War I. The ship was renamed
Freedom in mid-1918 and, in January 1919, was turned over
to the Navy and assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force. During
the next seven months she was engaged in returning American servicemen
from France, making three round-trip voyages during that time.
USS Freedom was decommissioned in September 1919 and given
back to the U.S. Shipping Board.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS Freedom (ID # 3024) and the civilian steamship Freedom (ex-Iroquois, ex-Wittekind).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 51KB; 580 x 675 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 73248
USS Freedom (ID # 3024)
In port in 1919, while engaged in transporting U.S. troops home
from France.
Note inscription at the bottom of the image: "U.S.S. Freedom,
the ship that brought me home".
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 107092
Brest Harbor, France (ID # 1677)
Shipping in Brest Harbor, 1919.
USS Freedom (ID# 3024) is in the center foreground, marked with an "X".
Copied from the USS Philippines album (Lot S-589), page 24.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 110 KB; 900 x 655 pixels |
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NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 21 December 2003
New image added 26 November 2010