US WWI Framed Photo, USS Aeolus-Former SS Grosser Kurfurst
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $45.00

Original era manufacture. Period bw framed 11x15 image of the WWI era troopship USS Aeolus, formerly the North German Lloyd Steamship, SS Grosser Kurfurst. Launched in 1899 she sailed for many years between Europe and the US mainland. In 1914 she and her crew were interned in New York and upon the US entry into WWI she was converted to a troop transport. Sold for scrap to Japan in 1937.