North German Lloyd S.S. Co., Lithograph Depicting the Kronprinz Wilhelm
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North German Lloyd S.S. Co., lithograph depicting the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Built at the Vulcan Shipbuilding Company in Stettin, Germany, the Kronprinz Wilhelm was launched in 1901. Hamburg American Line booklets, advertising the cruises offered by the company, c. 1904-1914. Photograph, Prinz Eitel Freidrich at sea, c. 1910. Paquetbot-poste rapide à double hélice Kronprinz Wilhelm. French language pamphlet advertising the Kronprinz Wilhelm, 1902. Menu for June 23, 1902. The front cover includes a color illustration of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, along with an image of the Crown Prince. Menu for the Kronprinz Wilhelm for May 9, 1907. Menus frequently included illustrations by noted artists. The rear cover includes the day’s concert program. Schnelldampfer “Kronprinz Wilhelm.” Lithographic postcard with image of the ship’s sponsor. Postmarked 1912 on reverse. S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm. Photograph by the noted British firm Beken and Son of Cowes, c. 1910. The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm, Alfred von Niezychowski, New York, Sun Dial Press, 1938. The book is inscribed “To my friend Harold Hanson with best wishes. Sincerely yours, Alfred Niezychowski, April 11th, 1940” on the inside flyleaf. Niezychowski served aboard the commerce raider and authored the definitive book on her wartime activities as a commerce raider. Courtesy of Marcus Robbins, historian and archivist. Photograph, Captain Paul Thierfelder. Thierfelder served as captain of Kronprinz Wilhelm during its commerce raiding and while interned in Hampton Roads. Photograph, Georg Warming, 1916. Photographs, Indian Prince. Indian Prince was Kronprinz Wilhelm’s first prize, captured on September 4, 1914. After unloading the usable cargo, the crew scuttled Indian Prince. The small photograph was taken on board Kronprinz Wilhelm as her victim settles beneath the waves. Photograph, crew of the Kronprinz Wilhelm posing with trophies from two of her victims: Union and Anne de Bretagne. November 1914. Photograph, Kronprinz Wilhelm entering Dry Dock No. 2, April 1915. Unsere Beute, enlargement of photographic postcard depicting the prizes of Kronprinz Wilhelm, April 1915. Photograph by Ellis P. Griffith of the officers and crew of the Kronprinz Wilhelm at Newport News, 1915. United States – East Coast, Hampton Roads, Virginia. Chart of the Hampton Roads region from 1915, corrected to August 1917. Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Freidrich both anchored off Newport News while seeking coal and repairs. After surrendering to American authorities, they were towed to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, seen in the inset in the bottom right corner. Panoramic photograph, the German village, Eitel-Wilhelm, 1916. This image was enlarged from three photographic postcards in the collection of Marcus Robbins, historian and archivist. On the Job for Victory, lithograph by Jonas Lie for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1918. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, there was a shortage of merchant vessels needed for the war effort. As a result, the United States Shipping Board created the Emergency Fleet Corporation to acquire, maintain and operate the ships needed for the war effort. One of the agency’s first acts was to confiscate interned enemy ships and convert them to war time use while starting a shipbuilding program that was unparalleled in American history. H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia arriving in New York on North German Lloyd Express S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm, photogravure by Fred Pansing, 1903. Hatband. Sailors aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm would have worn this style hatband between 1901 and 1914, until the ship became a commerce raider with a naval crew. Platter, A. Krupp, Behrendorf, Austria, 1914. This silver platter was used on board the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. It is embellished with the monogram of the Hamburg American Line, “H.A.L.” Courtesy of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum. Vegetable Tureen with Lid, Sächsische Metallwarenfabrik August Wellner Sőhne, A.G., Aue in Sachsen, 1914. This silver tureen and lid both have the H.A.L. monogram of the Hamburg American Line. They were used on board Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Courtesy of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum. Photograph, Prinz Eitel Friedrich flying the German navy flag in Dry Dock No. 2, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., March 1915. Photographic postcard by Charles C. Epes. Prinz Eitel Friedrich and her captain, Max Thierichens. Newport News, March 1915. 1st Official Visit, photographic postcard by Charles C. Epes. At center are Norman R. Hamilton, collector of customs and neutrality enforcement officer for Newport News, and Captain Paul Thierfelder of Kronprinz Wilhelm. April 1915. Sunset on the James, photograph by Charles C. Epes. Image of Kronprinz Wilhelm silhouetted in the river off Newport News, April 1915. Photographs by shipyard photographer Ellis P. Griffith. Kronprinz Wilhelm in Dry Dock No. 2 for maintenance and minimal repairs, April 1915. A Gun and Its Crew, photographic postcard by Charles C. Epes. Taken aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm. April 1915. Photographic reproduction depicting Georg Warming (right) and other sailors from Kronprinz Wilhelm beneath her bow in Dry Dock No. 2, April 1915. Photograph showing Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich tied up abreast and moored in the Elizabeth River off the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 1915. Photographic reproduction, Georg Warming in Eitel-Wilhelm. Kolonie-Anzeiger, Issue 107. Weekly newspaper of the village Eitel-Wilhelm. Courtesy of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum. Photographic postcard of ex-POWs leaving Fort McPherson for New York City en route to Germany, 1919. Photographic postcard of commissioned and warrant officers of Kronprinz Wilhelm reunited with the crew at Fort McPherson, 1918. Photographic postcard of Georg Warming (center) and fellow POWs at Fort McPherson. Warming wears a cap band from his former ship, the light cruiser S.M.S. Karlsruhe. c. 1918. Enlargement of photographic postcard of Georg Warming (left) and two companions, signed on the back by Warming, 1917. Photographic reproduction, Christmas and New Year greeting postcard from Fort McPherson, 1917. Photographic postcards. Views of daily life (and death) of POWs at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Photographic reproduction, troop transport USS Von Steuben, the former Kronprinz Wilhelm, painted in an Admiralty Dazzle camouflage pattern, 1918. Despite U-boat attacks, collisions at sea, a major hurricane, and a severe outbreak of Spanish flu, Von Steuben ferried thousands of troops from 1917 to late 1919. Photograph, troop transport USS DeKalb, the former Prinz Eitel Friedrich, painted in an Admiralty Dazzle camouflage pattern, 1918. DeKalb carried over 11,000 troops in 11 voyages to France, and over 20,000 in 8 voyages back to the US after the Armistice. The Part the USS Von Steuben Played in the Great War, by Logan E. Ruggles (Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Eagle Press, n.d.) .