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U-Boat

Under her commander Captain Koenig, the German merchant submarine "Deutschland", largest in the world, ran the British blockade of Germany and British ships off the US coast to reach the neutral United States, arriving in Baltimore Harbor July 10, 1916. Postcard of the Deutschland of Bremen, and the tugboat Thomas F. Timmins of Baltimore. Caption: The German U Boat "Deutschland" Largest in the World And her commander - Captain Koenig Arriving Baltimore Harbor - July 10th, 1916 Reverse: Published by I. & M. Ottenheimer, Baltimore, Md. Post Card Place stamp here Domestic one cent; foreign two cents This space may be used for correspondence This side is for address only

Under her commander Captain Koenig, the German merchant submarine "Deutschland", largest in the world, ran the British blockade of Germany and British ships off the US coast to reach the neutral United States, arriving in Baltimore Harbor July 10, 1916.
Postcard of the Deutschland of Bremen, and the tugboat Thomas F. Timmins of Baltimore.

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The German U Boat "Deutschland"

Largest in the World

And her commander - Captain Koenig

Arriving Baltimore Harbor - July 10th, 1916

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The German U-boat, or Unterseeboot,

U-boat is a submarine.