1917 Scientific American - Feb 10 - Visit of the submarine Deutschland to USA

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Scientific American Feb 10, 1917 An extremely important issue! A colorized front cover showing the interior of the submarine Deutschland on her second transit to the US as a neutral country before declaring war on Germany on April 6, 1917 Deutschland was a blockade-breaking German merchant submarine used during World War I. It was developed with private funds and operated by the North German Lloyd Line. She was the first of seven U-151-class U-boats built and one of only two used as unarmed cargo submarines. After making two voyages as an unarmed merchantman, she was taken over by the German Imperial Navy on 19 February 1917 and converted into U-155, armed with six torpedo tubes and two deck guns. As U-155, she began a raiding career in June 1917 that was to last until October 1918, sinking 120,434 GRT of shipping and damaging a further 9,080 GRT of shipping. A full page article by a reporter describing his two hour sailing with the Deutschland, as well as a full page graphic comparing the interior details of the German battleship "Grosser Kurfurst" alongside diagrams of naval zeppelins, U-boats, and destroyers of the same period. This large original issue (11X15") is in excellent condition. 20 pages. Some of the additional articles inside about advancements in other topics such as: -Facts about the Panama Canal including pictures of the passage of the battleship Wisconsin - Congress and the National Defense - American Export Enterprise -German Submarines in our Harbors - Nav

• Publisher: Crowell - Collier
• Year: 1917
• Condition: Very Good

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