German blockade runner Odenwald underway, in November 1941 (NH 123749)

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The German blockade runner Odenwald underway. Odenwald was stopped and boarded by the U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Omaha (CL-4) in the South Atlantic, 6 November 1941. Odenwald was disguised as the U.S. merchantman SS Willmoto and the crew unsuccessfully tried to scuttle the ship. Omaha's boarding party stopped the flooding, got the ship underway again and sailed it to Trinidad. This became known as the "Odenwald incident", as Germany and the United States were not at war at that time. After Germany had declared war on the U.S. on 11 December 1941, Odenwald was seized and put into U.S. service as SS Blenheim.

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U.S. Navy photo NH 123749

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