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	597k	ENEMY SUBMARINE ON EXHIBITION, FIRST OF ITS KIND IN UNITED STATES. A German mine laying submarine that was captured by the British while laying deadly mines off the coast of England. It was brought to the United States for the purpose or speeding up the second Liberty Loan. This shows a section of the U-boat being raised from the water. It is a heavy piece of work and huge derricks are required.		Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH. Newspaper text courtesy of Perrysburg Journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 01 November 1917, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	127k	HUN U-BOATS COMING TO U.S..		Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Newspaper text courtesy of The Citizen. (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 17 April 1919, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	92k	A promotional poster for the Victory Liberty Loan. UB-88 and other former German submarines visited numerous U.S. ports during 1919 to help stimulate interest in the postwar Victory Bond Drive.		NARA Photo, text courtesy of Warship Int. Edition # 3, 1986.
	872k	Pickle Submarine in U. S. To Aid Victory Loan. The U-111, German submarine, photographed at the Brooklyn navy yard where it is being provisioned and inspected prior to its scheduled visits to ports of the New England States. The submersible craft, said to be one of the finest of undersea fighters, is to be used in behalf of the Victory Liberty loan drive. The vessel was brought across the Atlantic by an American crew.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo & text by The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.] 1902-1939, 25 April 1919, FINAL EDITION, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	60k	Side view U-111 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, N.H.		USN photo courtesy of the Milne Collection, photo # PNS0222, at the University of New Hampshire.
	63k	U.S. submarine designers were much influenced by German U-baot practice, largely as revealed by U-boats like this one, taken briefly after WW I. U-111 is shown in American service.		Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
	296k	S-6 (SS-111) (left) with captured German U-111 in center of the photo. The photo is indistinct but it appears that the US sub on the far left of the photo is the S-3 (SS-107), one of the two subs the U-111 toured the east coast with on a bond drive to raise money for off setting war debts. The retractable radio antenna's can be seen on the starboard side of the U-111.		Photo courtesy of Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.". via Through the Looking Glass A Historic Look at Submarines Text courtesy of Ric Hedmen. Photo added 01/09/12.
	300k	Raised bow view, port side of the S-2 (SS-106) submerging at her dock trials at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth New Hampshire, 4 June 1921. Note: On the other side of the pier, just to the left of the enclosure, is the conning tower of the U-111, a German U-boat taken over by the USN for study. After an extensive series of trials, it was decommissioned in April, 1920.		US Navy photo # 19-N-7608, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Partial text courtesy of Dave Johnston and Ric Hedman.
	1.2m	U-111 showing the bridge at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 8 April 1920. In the background is the distinctive twin funnel belonging to an Illinois (BB-7 / 9) class battleship; Illinois (BB-7); Alabama (BB-8) & Wisconsin (BB-9). All three were docked there during this period; the Alabama & Wisconsin would be decommissioned in less than a month.		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
	1.0m	U-111, probably at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
	625k	US flag above the German onboard the U-111.		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
	741k	Surrounded by a lot of US Navy, the U-111 gets a look over from the curious, possibly at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
	705k	Sailors try out their new toy on the U-111.		Photo courtesy of Craig O'Neil.
	894k	RAISING THE EX-GERMAN U BOAT U-111. While the boat was being taken out to be used for target practice, it sank near Capr Henry, Virginia. The crew of the Falcon was ordered to raise it. The conning tower is now far out of the water.		Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo & text by The Evening Public Ledger.(Philadelphia [Pa.] 1914-1942, 1 Sept. 1922, Image 28, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	335k	Salvaging a U-Boat to Sink It.		PDF article by POPULAR MECHANICS, 1922, courtesy of Arnold Putnam.

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