Mount Vernon
Name | Mount Vernon |
Type | Troopship
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GRT | 18,372 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | American |
Built | 1906
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Builder | Akt. Ges. “Vulcan”, Stettin
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Operator | U. S. Navy transport
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History | The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, seized at Boston in April 1917 and outfitted as troopship by the U.S. Navy.
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U-boat attacks on Troopship Mount Vernon
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Sep 1918 | U 82 (Heinrich Middendorff) | Damaged | Torpedoed but reached Brest
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| Europe - U.S.
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| 36
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