DescriptionImage: S.S. America, no place, no date, ca. 1940-41. Inkjet print of the verso of leaf 1 of 16 from photographer William Craig's album. Holographic caption by Craig. Formerly the Hamburg-America Line's "Amerika" (1905), she was a troop ship in World War I as the U.S.S. America. As the S.S. America of the United States Lines (the first of two ships for this line with this name), the vessel was on the North Atlantic until 1931 when it was taken out of service. The vessel is probably seen here in 1940 or 41 when she was about to be refitted and commissioned as the U.S.S. Edmund B. Alexander, a troop ship. In 1942, one stack was removed during another refitting.