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Graf Waldersee (ID 4040)

Transport: Built in 1899 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned 28 December 1918 at Spithead, England; Decommissioned 25 November 1919 at Stapleton, NY and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Ceded to Great Britian in 1920 and managed by the P & O Line; Sold for scrap in 1922 to Kohlbrand Werft, Hamburg.

Specifications: Displacement 25,000 t.; Length 585'; Beam 62'; Draft 32' 3"; Speed 13 kts.; Complement 553; Armament none.

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Graf Waldersee 106k In port, probably at New York City, in 1919. "Armistice" markings are on her hull side, amidships.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99274.		 Naval Historical Center
Graf Waldersee 118k Entering in New York Harbor bringing U.S. service personnel home from France, circa April-August 1919. The Statue of Liberty is in the right background. Armistice markings in German and English are on the ship's side, amidships.
Photographed by E. Muller, Jr., New York.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104234.		 Robert Hurst
Graf Waldersee 107k Under tow by USS Patricia off Long Island on 12 June 1919, after she had been disabled in collision with S.S. Redondo. Graf Waldersee was towed to shallow water, where collision damage was sufficiently patched to allow her return to New York for permanent repairs.
Photographed from on board Patricia.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 105016.		 Robert Hurst
Graf Waldersee 110k Under tow by USS Patricia off Long Island on 12 June 1919, after she had been disabled in collision with S.S. Redondo. Graf Waldersee was towed to shallow water, where collision damage was sufficiently patched to allow her return to New York for permanent repairs.
Photographed from on board Patricia.
Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007
Naval Historical Center photo NH 105017.		 Robert Hurst
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