SS Aztec
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title:
SS Aztec
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SS Aztec was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1894 as Canterbury. She was renamed Aztec when she changed owners in 1895. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company bought her in 1897. In March 1917 she was the first United States merchant ship to be defensively armed in response to the Central Powers' attacks on neutral US shipping in the First World War. A U-boat sank Aztec in April 1917, killing 28 of her ship's company. 11 were US citizens, making her the third US merchant ship to suffe
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US-owned cargo ship sunk in 1917
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Aztec
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2024-03-27T20:17:30Z
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