USS W. L. Steed (ID-3449)
USS W. L. Steed (ID-3449) was a tanker that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919 and was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine while in commercial service in 1942.
Read more about USS W. L. Steed (ID-3449): U.S. Navy Service, World War I, 1918-1919, Interwar Commercial Service, 1919-1941, Commercial Service and Loss (World War II)
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