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MT. VERNON during her years as a troop transport in WW1. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 9\" diameter wheel (12\" with spokes) is crafted out of wood with hand-written lettering. The ship looks rather battered in the portrait, but all war transports look that way. The ship took her maiden voyage in 1907 as North German Lloyd's KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you know the famous story about this ship? 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