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0850909	840k	Suffering Humanity. Anti-war, 1915.		Photo courtesy of cardcow.com via Walter F. Mathers., Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company, Inc.
	756k	U-BOAT UNLOADING AT BALTIMORE; MORE ON WAY HERE, SAYS CAPTAIN Two views of U boat, and her captain.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 10 July 1916, HOME EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	416k	The U-Boat Terror Crawls to Our Doorstep. The German Undersea Raider U-53 and Some of the Effects of Her Atlantic Steamer Lane Marauding. The U-53 at anchor in Newport. Scarcely more than twenty four hours after her hurried departure from an American harbor the submarine stopped and sank six British and neutral ships.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 15 October 1916, Image 53, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.55k	ADMIRAL GLEAVES, PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN U-53 JUST BEFORE IT LEAVES NEWPORT ON COMMERCE RAIDING EXPEDITION SATURDAY night a week ago the western world looked with wonder at the U-53, which had made its way through British vigilance across the Atlantic from Wilhelmshaven to Newport; it was stunned by the news that next day it or its consorts had sunk six merchantmen, and 225 survivors, including women and children, driven to their lifeboats had been picked up by American destroyers.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 15 October 1916, Image 41, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	309k	German crew of sub U-53 makes surprise visit to Newport harbor.		Photo # 08_06_006697 courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection via digitalcommonwealth.org
	368k	German submarine U-53 at Newport, Rhode Island, October 1916. U-53 is noted for sinking Jacob Jones (DD-61) on 6 December 1917. She surrendered on 1 December 1918 and was broken up at Swansea in 1922.		Photo # LC-USZ62-38934 from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
0850908	1.63k	THE EAGLE'S EYE: 16th episode dealing with raid of the U-53, a movie view of the submarine.		Record Group 165: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1860 - 1952 Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918 File Unit: Propaganda - Motion Pictures National Archives Identifier: 45539465 Agency-Assigned Identifier; 165-WW-463A-44 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	757k	GERMAN WAR TIME PICTURES BROUGHT BY DEUTSCHLAND INTERIOR VIEW OF DEUTSCHLAND SHOWING THE STATION OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, THE SUBMERGING CONTROL TO LEFT.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 12 November 1916, SECTION 5 SPECIAL FEATURE SUPPLEMENT, Image 53, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	411k	Deutschland (U-155) photographed at New London, Connecticut, during her port call of 1 to 21 November 1916. This ship became U-155 in the German Navy on 10 February 1917.		Photo # Lot-11274-20, George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congres from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	241k	Deutschland photographed at New London, Connecticut, either on 17 or 21 November 1916, leaving for a return cargo voyage to Germany. The ship was involved in a collision on the 17th, forcing her return for repairs.		Photo courtesy of NHHC Photograph Collection NH 43611, from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	393k	Merchant submarine, Deutschland, New London, Connecticut, 17 November 1916.		Photo # Lot-11274-19, George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congres from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	355k	Merchant submarine, Deutschland, New London, Connecticut, 17 November 1916. Shown: Removing cargo.		Photo # Lot-11274-21, George C. Bain Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congres from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	593k	German U-boat Deutschland, (U-155), in service off Germany. She surrendered 24 November 1918, and were broken in 1922.		Photo courtesy of Rehse Collection. Halftone photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	911k	Original Caption: Transatlantic German "Sub," Deutschland (U-155) interned at French Port. Monster U-boats U-151 and U-139. The U-151 was formerly the "Deutschland" which amazed America by suddenly appearing at its gates, from under the sea. This and its companion U-159 are interned at Cherbourg, France.		Photographer: Underwood and Underwood National Archives Identifier: 45511766 Local Identifier: 165-WW-330C-7 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	394k	Original Caption: U-Boats after surrender at Harwich. One of the largest to be handed over to Great Britain, the former Deutschland (U-155), that once visited America, as a mercantile cruiser. Note the huge guns mounted fore and aft.		National Archives Identifier: 45511658 Local Identifier: 165-WW-330A-001 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	338k	U-155 (ex-Deutschland), shown surrendered and anchored within the shadow of the famed Tower Bridge, London, England, 1919.		Photo courtesy of NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 2901, from National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	1.26k	Three Known Dead in Explosion On Famous U-Boat Deutschland A tremendous explosion on the former German submarine Deutschland, at Birkenhead, across the Mersey from Liverpool, killed three men and injured three others to-day. It is possible that many others perished. The submarine was being dismantled at the time of the explosion, which occurred in the engine room from an unknown cause. The Deutschland was one of the submarines surrendered by the Germans under the terms of the peace treaty.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 11 September 1921, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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