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Early and Rare Photo of Freighter "Golden State," Lost to German U-Boat in World War II ~ 1922 $65 shipped, (U.S. Only) A nice ships portrait for the freighter "Golden State," Built 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. Renamed "President Cleveland" June 3, 1922. Sold by U.S. Shipping Board to Dollar Steamship Lines 1925. Chartered by the Army in July 1941, converted for troopship use and renamed TASKER H. BLISS. Transferred to the Navy August 19, 1942. Commissioned as AP-42 on September 15, 1942 after further conversion by Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Torpedoed and sunk while at anchor in Fedhalla Roads, Morocco by German submarine U-130 on November 12, 1942. 1922 Calendar is whole and complete. |
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