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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; Sold for scrap in 1921.

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. Note "Armistice" markings on her hull side, amidships.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99274.
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