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Kron Prinz Wilhelm, German ship, interned in U.S. in tow by amphalon

September 1916. &quot;Kron Prinz Wilhelm, German ship, interned in U.S. in tow.&quot; The former passenger liner, pressed into service as a commerce raider by the Imperial German Navy at the start of World War I, being towed from the Norfolk yards to Philadelphia. During its eight months on the high seas -- after leaving New York Harbor with 2,000 tons of coal -- the converted 15,000-ton cruiser sank more than a dozen Allied ships and took hundreds of prisoners. Running low on supplies, its crew and prisoners beset by a variety of illnesses, the battered vessel sought refuge in April 1915 at Newport News, where its sailors were interned for over a year. After the United States entered the war, the ship was seized by the government, rechristened the USS Von Steuben and converted into a troop carrier. Harris &amp; Ewing Collection glass negative. From <a href="http://www.shorpy.com">www.shorpy.com</a>
Newport ship is a tourist attraction, one of the Ruins in Newport, United Kingdom. It is located: 374 km from Birmingham, 600 km from London, 890 km from Dublin. Read further
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