Voyages in the U.S.S. Mount Vernon 1917 to 1919
Voyages in the U.S.S. Mount Vernon 1917 to 1919

Author: Charles Kimball Cummings

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Published: 1922

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Account of 12 voyages between the U.S. and France during WWI, based on the Mount Vernon's war diaries and the author's notebooks. Outlines main events on each voyage and the ever present danger from German submarines. The Mount Vernon was built originally as the Kronprinzessin Cecilie of the North German Lloyd which was seized in 1917 and refitted for transport duty at Charlestown. Illustrated with drawings depicting ship camouflage, convoy maneuvers and charts showing the torpedoing of the Mount Vernon, 1918 Sept. 5.