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Gunboat Schurz

Sunk 21 June 1918

Gunboat: Laid down in 1894 as the unprotected cruiser SMS Geier at Whilhelmshaven, Germany; Acquired by the U.S. Navy 6 April 1917; Renamed Schurz 9 June 1917; Commissioned 15 September 1917; Sunk 21 June 1918 after being struck by the SS Florida off Cape Lookout Lightship, 130 miles east of
Wilmington, NC.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.; Length 254'; Beam 32' 1"; Draft 14' 2"; Speed 16 kts.; Complement 197; Armament four 5".


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Schurz 112k Seen as the German unprotected cruiser Gieir
Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I
Mike Green

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