This photo taken during World War I shows German merchant submarine Deustchland lying in Chesapeake Bay before returning across the Atlantic. In spite of the vigilance of English patrols, the Deutschland made two trips to the United States, landing once at Baltimore and once at New London. The Deutschland was a blockade-breaking German cargo submarine. It was private and owned by the North German Lloyd Line and had a capacity of 700 tons. Its commanding officer was Paul Koenig. It was used for high-value trans-Atlantic commerce, submerging to avoid British patrols.

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