USS Moccasin (ID-1322) was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1903 as Prinz Joachim. The US seized her in 1917. In 1918–19 she was renamed Moccasin and briefly served in the United States Navy. In 1920 she was returned to US merchant service and renamed Porto Rico. She was scrapped in 1933 or 1934.
The ship at an unknown date, with "Prinz Joachim" faintly legible on her starboard bow
Prinz Joachim with her hull painted white for cruising
The cruiser SMS Hertha
A painting by Antonio Jacobsen of the Ward Line steamship Seguranca
SS Otsego was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1901 as Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The USA seized her in 1917 and renamed her Otsego. In 1919 she served in the United States Navy as USS Otsego (ID-1628). She spent the 1920s and 30s in merchant service as Otsego. In 1941 she became the United States Army ship USAT Otsego. In 1945 she was transferred to the Soviet Union, which renamed her Ural. In 1947 she may have been renamed Dolinsk. She was either hulked or scrapped in 1955.
The ship as USAT Otsego, August 1943
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
HAPAG advertisement for a 25-day Atlas cruise to the Caribbean aboard Prinz Eitel Friedrich, January 1912
Police guarding HAPAG ships in New York, February 1917. They are standing in front of the bow of König Wilhelm II (right). In the background are Prinz Joachim (left) and Prinz Eitel Friedrich (center).
