Keywords: US Navy German ships.jpg SS Vaterland interned at their piers at Hoboken New Jersey on 4 April 1917 two days before the United States declared war on Germany In the foreground is the stern of a U S Navy destroyer which is keeping watch on the ships The piers are those of the Hamburg-America Line left center and the North German Lloyd Line right center The large ship at left is SS Vaterland The four-funneled liner in right center is probably SS Kaiser Wilhelm II later USS Agamemnon ID-3004 http //www navsource org/archives/12/171326 htm 1917-04-04 US Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Vaterland ship 1914 |