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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Santa Elena (ID # 4052), 1919-1919.
Originally German S.S. Santa Elena (1907)
USS Santa Elena, a 7415 gross ton (12,573 tons displacement)
transport, was built in 1907 Hamburg, Germany, as a German flag merchant steamship. Delivered to the U.S. Navy by the Germans in late April 1919, she was placed in commission at that time. During the next three months Santa Elena made two voyages from France to the United States, bringing home veterans of the First World War. In August 1919, about a month after completing the second trip, she was decommissioned and transferred to the British. The ship later became the French commercial steamer Linois.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Santa Elena (ID # 4052).
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Photo #: NH 93698
USS Santa Elena (ID # 4052)
Moored in harbor during her brief Naval service, circa April-July
1919, while employed bringing service personnel home from Europe.
Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99974
USS Santa Elena (ID # 4052)
In port, circa April-August 1919.
Built in 1907 by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg, Germany, this steamer
was taken over by the Navy on 26 April 1919. After two voyages
transporting U.S. service personnel home from France, she was
decommissioned and turned over to the British.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 93699
USS Santa Elena (ID # 4052)
Scene on her signal bridge, circa April-July 1919, with crew
members executing semaphore flag signals.
Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 93715
USS Santa Elena (ID # 4052)
View looking aft from the forecastle, with troops on deck, as
the ship left France bound for the U.S.A. on 10 May 1919.
Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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