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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.
	1.46k	U-BOAT COMMEMORATES THE LUSITANIA'S SINKING. AN UGLY low-lying boat, the German submarine UC-97, made her way down New York harbor toward Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. On her deck lay a wreath of laurel, woodbine and fern, bound with a broad purple ribbon bearing the words: "In memoriam Lusitania." Near the mouth of Ambroso Channel the submarine's motors stopped, and the boat lay partly awash in the choppy sea. The skipper issued a command in a soft voice, and up went the church flag, the Stars and Stripes, and underneath these the German ensign. The crew gathered in a semi-circle about the wreath and uncovered. Then a bugle sounded "Taps." With the last note the wreath fell to the surface of the sea. Silent as her sister ship after her murderous deed of 7 May 1915, the UC-97 stole away.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune.(New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 08 May 1919, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 06/03/11.
	596k	CAPTURED U-BOAT EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK. The former German UC-97 arriving at the Battery, New York City, to be placed on exhibition. The U-Boat arrived here with several other captured German submarines the other day from England in charge of an American naval crew. Photo shows saw-like knife in bow of sub for cutting cables and nets.		Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Photo from Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 07 June 1919, Image 3 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	120k	Another view of the "sails" of the three ex-German submarines UB-88, UB-148 & UC-97, taken at New York Navy Yard prior to UB-88's departure on 5 May 1919. Note the fresh paint for the Bond Drive, including in particular the serpent on UB-148's conning tower.		NARA Photo, text courtesy of Warship Int. Edition # 3, 1986.
	68k	Starboard side view of the UC-97, circa 1919, location unknown.		NARA Photo, courtesy of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society.
	351k	SUBMARINES ON INLAND U.S. WATERWAYS. MACKINAW ISLAND Great Lake cities are getting their first view of Germany's greatest war bogey, the submarine with the tour of the lakes by the UC-97.		Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Corpus Christi Caller. (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 24 July 1919, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 06/03/11.
	125k	American flags flutter around the UC-97, circa 1919, as crew members undoubtedly shop at the Cornwall and Walton Store, located on Market Street in Alexandria Bay." Soon, however, the U-boat received her itinerary for the Victory Bond campaign. Of the six regions into which the coastal areas and major waterways of the United States were divided, UC-97 drew the Great Lakes region. That assignment required her to negotiate the locks of the Canadian-controlled St. Lawrence canal system. UC-97's refusal to break with traditional practice on board a man-of-war and fly the Union Jack at the fore caused trouble at each Canadian port of call along the way. However, her commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., who later rose to fame in World War II as Commander, Submarines, Pacific Fleet-stuck to his guns and was later vindicated by Canadian naval officers who applauded his pertinacious observance of time-honored naval tradition.		Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo i.d. courtesy of Dennis Jaskoviak. Photo by Robert Edwin Seger RM3/c, LST 506, courtesy of Kathleen Mayo Kendrick via Gary Priolo & fixed by Jim Kelling.
	707k	An aerial view of UC-97 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1919. Canadian Post Card Company.		Photo courtesy of Canadian Navy Heritage website. Image Negative Number PA-030314 courtesy of Robert Hurst.

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