LEHIGH: 1919 - Newsstand promo w/ sinking photos from 1941United States Lines A 12" by 19" newsstand promo issued by the "Illustrated Current News" showing the dramatic sinking of the S. S. LEHIGH. According to the caption, the LEHIGH was sunk off the coast of Sierra Leone by a torpedo on October 19, 1941. All forty four crew escaped to lifeboats. One had the wherewithal to grab his camera and snap these photos of the ship going down. The LEHIGH was well marked with neutrality flags. The German U boat

Now the sad fate of LA BOURGOGNE

" enthused Cunard

Also included are rates and a complicated sailing schedule

The LEHIGH was well-marked with neutrality flags

b&w photos show the Swimming Pool

printed 1992

an outside double cabin

a dining room

which took nine years from keel-laying to maiden voyage due to financial constraints

The CALIFORNIA sailed for Panama Pacific until the line closed up in 1938

excerpts from passenger letters

Cabin Class also had use of the indoor pool