Seized in New York By U.S. Customs
The outbreak of hostilities in Europe in the summer of 1914 stranded many German and Austrian ships, Bohemia amongst them, in American ports. Because of her German registry, she was seized by American customs officials after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.
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