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| Picture No | 11065647 |
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| Description | Saint Louis steamship renamed to USS Louisville in WWI |
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Saint Louis, twin-screw, was a transatlantic passenger liner built for American Line by William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895. Sponsored by Mrs. Grover Cleveland, wife of the President of the United States; and entered merchant service in 1895, under United States registry for the International Navigation Co, of New York with her maiden voyage between New York and Southampton, England. Used by US Navy as auxiliary cruiser in Spanish-American War in 1898. Transferred to United States Navy, American flag, in 1917 and renamed USS Louisville. Re-named St. Louis after World War One, while undergoing a refit suffered from a fire, rebuilding plans in 1922 never revitalized and was scrapped in 1924 in Genoa.
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| Source | 'King's Photographic Views of New York', page 16 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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