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Ships hit during WWI

President Lincoln

NamePresident Lincoln
TypePassenger steamer
GRT18.168 tons (one of the largest ships hit)
Country  American
Built1907
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
OperatorU.S. Navy Cruiser-Transport Force
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer President Lincoln


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
131 May, 1918U 90 (Walter Remy)SunkAbout 600 miles from Brest

Brest - U.S.
troops
26

Lt. Edouard V.M. Isaacs taken prisoner. Isaacs would win the Medal of Honor for his escape from Germany in 1918.

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