USS Houston (AK1), formerly the SS Liebenfels Cargo Ship, Starboard Bow, at Wharf
- Object Type
- Photograph
- Object ID
- 14771
- Date
- June 27 1918
- Description
- National Archives Identifier: 535434. The SS Liebenfels was scuttled by her German crew in Charleston, South Carolina in 1917 after the United States entered World War I. She was refitted and commissioned as the USS Houston (AK-1) July 3, 1917 and served in both world wars.
- Related Collection
- Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments
- Subject
- USS Houston (AK-1)
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