Mid-Winter Americana Auction
Lot 159:
Description
Two letters from a submariner (sub USS-09) after WW1. During the final months of World War I, O-9 operated on coastal patrol and protected the Atlantic coast from U-boats. She departed Newport, Rhode Island, on 2 November 1918 for Britain, in order to conduct her first war patrol. However, the end of the war came before O-9 reached Europe. After the war, O-9 continued in Naval service and trained submarine crews at the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut.
Condition: Good condition
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