DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 89796
S.S. Seneca (American Freighter, 1900)
In port, circa 1917.
While in pre-World War I commercial service under the German
flag, this ship was named Wartburg and Tübingen.
She was seized by the U.S. Government in April 1917 and renamed
Seneca. Between February 1918 and April 1919 she served
as USS Wabash (ID # 1824).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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