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MILAZZA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Ellie Baker said:
    Despite the spelling on the image, this was of SS Milazzo, an Italian bulk-carrier/collier. It was the largest cargo ship in the world at the time of its launch. It arrived in New York on its maiden voyage on 1 July 1916, which is likely around the time the photos in this series were taken. (This exact image appeared in a profile of the ship in “Popular Science” in Sept. 1916.) The ship was short-lived, being sunk by an Austro-Hungarian U-Boat in the Mediterranean on 29 Aug. 1917.
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    Andy Baker: thanks for correcting the spelling and finding more information about the ship. We'll update the record.

Railway on MILAZZA (LOC)

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  • Charley Seavey said:
    A giant collier, built in 1916, sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine in 1914. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Milazzo
  • Mark in NOVA said:
    Charley Seavey Sunk before it was built?
  • Charley Seavey said:
    Oops. Ahh, I meant 1917. Typo, typo, typo!
  • Darkroom Daze said:
    Fascinating set of this ship. They don't build them like they used to! I had no idea that there were narrow gauge rail tracks on such ships. Looks as if these skips were pulled/pushed by hand.

Cranes on MILAZZA (LOC)

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  • Fotograf Niedzielny said:
    She was great. The Italian steamer SS Milazzo, the largest cargo ship and the largest collier in the world at the time of her construction in 1916. She was sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine U-14 in August 1917.