MAKE A MEME View Large Image USS Arvonian.jpg en USS Santee at Queenstown Ireland Painted in dazzle camouflage circa late 1917 or early 1918 Formerly SS Arvonian British Freighter 1905 this ship became HMS Bendish in mid-1917 She was loaned to the US Navy and placed in ...
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Keywords: USS Arvonian.jpg en USS Santee at Queenstown Ireland Painted in dazzle camouflage circa late 1917 or early 1918 Formerly SS Arvonian British Freighter 1905 this ship became HMS Bendish in mid-1917 She was loaned to the US Navy and placed in commission in late November 1917 Soon renamed Santee and employed as a decoy ship or Q-ship for anti-submarine patrols she was torpedoed on 27 December 1917 After repairs she was returned to the Royal Navy and again named Bendish The freighter resumed her commercial career after World War I and during the next four decades bore the names Arvonian Brookvale Spidola and Rudau She was broken up in 1958 Photo http //www history navy mil/photos/images/h41000/h41623c htm NH 41623 Captain David C Hanrahan USN 1929-11 Q-ships of the United Kingdom United States Navy ship camouflage schemes Santee Q-ships of the United States Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy
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