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Photo #  NH 103282:  S.S. Montanan at St. Nazaire, France, July 1917


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S.S. Montanan (American Freighter, 1913)

S.S. Montanan, a 6659 gross ton (14,375 tons displacement) freighter, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1913 for commercial operation by the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company of New York. In 1917 she was taken over by the U.S. Shipping Board and assigned to the Army for operation with a civilian crew and a Navy armed guard. On 15 August 1918, while bound for France, Montanan was torpedoed by the German submarine U-90 and sank the following day. Five lives were lost with her.

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Photo #: NH 103282

S.S. Montanan
(American Freighter, 1913)

At St. Nazaire, France in July 1917, while employed as a transport.
This ship was torpedoed on 15 August 1918 and sank the following day.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 435 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 105586

S.S. Montanan
(American Freighter, 1913)

After she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-90 on 15 August 1918. She sank the following day.

Courtesy of James A. Turner, Jr., from the collection of Samuel A. Turner, Jr., who served in USS Wakiva (SP-160) during World War I.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 530 pixels

Note:
This ship was incorrectly identified as USS West Bridge (ID # 2888) on the original print. She is definitely Montanan. Both ships were torpedoed on the same day.

 


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Page made 31 January 2006
New image added 9 March 2008