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SS St. Louis in Dazzle Camouflage
1918
The US Navy acquired the 1894 passenger liner SS St. Louis in April 1918 and renamed her USS Louisville. Refitted as a troopship, she made seven transatlantic crossings between October 1918 and August 1919. She reverted back to her original name after the war and burned while being refitted the following year. This photograph shows her painted in dazzle camouflage during the last months of the Great War. |