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Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919): "41011. One of guns mounted on deck of German- U-boat 155. Caliber 5.9, length 20 feet. Marked Nr. 1412 L, Fried Krupp, 1917, 3984 Kg. London, England. December 4, 1918. " archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598/#page/n455/mode/2up "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 one of 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." "U-155 returned to Germany from her final cruise on 12 November 1918 and was surrendered on 24 November 1918 with other submarines as part of the terms of the Armistice. She was taken to Britain and exhibited in London and elsewhere and was eventually sold for scrap in 1921. On 17 September 1921 she was being broken up at Robert Smith and Sons, Birkenhead, when an explosion ripped the ship apart, killing five apprentices" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_Deutschland#War_se...

As the merchant submarine Deutschland, U-155 visited the U.S. in 1916 and was the subject of other Bain photos, see:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_Deutschland

This might be the NOMA, returned to her owner Vincent Astor in July 1919 after service as USS NOMA (SP-131) See navalwarfare.blogspot.com/2008/04/uss-noma-sp-131.html But the Topeka State Journal., October 03, 1919, Page 11, column 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1919-10-03/ed-... is one of several copies of a piece that says the royal party arrived at the Battery on the Rodman Wanamaker yacht Noma, before they traveled in "motors" to City Hall. Indeed, it is the same yacht. NYT of September 28, 1919 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E2DA1638EF31A... reported that Wanamaker had bought the yacht from Astor -- just in time to host the King and Queen of Belgium. The Noma was a sister ship to one Wanamaker had owned but was destroyed by fire.

Wanamaker is beside King Albert in