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A Fast Convoy

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A Fast Convoy
Burnell Poole
(1884-1933)
Acquisition Number: 72-125-A
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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USS Allen (DD-66) escorts USS Leviathan (SP-1326), which is carrying American troops to Europe through the U-boat-infested Atlantic. Convoys such as this carried close to 2 million men to Europe before the Armistice of November 1918. During the course of the war, Leviathan alone transported over 98,000 fighting men. Courtesy of Navy Art Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command