USS Houston (AK-1), formerly SS Liebenfels

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  • USS Houston (AK-1), formerly SS Liebenfels
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  • Inscription on back: "The very first U.S.S. Houston- formerly S/S Liebenfels- German cargo ship taken over at outbreak of World War I- Charleston Harbor. She was sunk by German crew, raised by US Navy and placed into the war transportation service", Inscription on front: "USS Houston"
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  • 1981-001, Box 1, Folder 32
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