Europa (AP-177): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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S.S. Europa Entering New York Harbor early in her career. This postcard was mailed on board the ship on 31 July 1933 during an eastbound voyage by Miss Anna Shepard, Shipscribe's globetrotting great aunt. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Europa In U.S. Navy custody in the Kaiserhafen III at Bremerhaven, Germany, on 11 June 1945 shortly before being towed to a drydock for restoration. Note her German camouflage. Photo No. SC-208760 (Army photo) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Europa (AP-177) Heading down the Weser River from Bremerhaven, Germany, on 11 September 1945 on her first U.S. Navy voyage to New York. Note the homeward-bound troops and the stacks of liferafts on the stern. Photo No. 80-G-352259 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Europa (AP-177) Arriving at Bremerhaven on 24 March 1946 at the conclusion of her last transatlantic voyage as a U.S. Navy ship. Photo No. SC-232106 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Europa (AP-177) Docking at Bremerhaven on 24 March 1946. This ship returned to sea in 1950s as the French luxury liner Liberté. Photo No. SC-232108 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. Liberté At Le Havre, France, probably between 1950 when she entered service and 1955 when she received modifications including restyled smokestacks. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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