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  • United States Navy operations during World War I
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  • United States Navy operations during World War I began on April 6, 1917, after the formal declaration of war on Germany. The American navy focused on countering enemy U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea while convoying men and supplies to frontlines in France and Italy. Because of United States' late entry into the war her capital ships never engaged the Germans and few decisive submarine actions occurred.
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Date
  • 1917
Commander
  • 23
  • Reinhard Scheer
  • Franz von Hipper
Caption
  • "The Sinking of USS San Diego" by Francis Muller.
Casualties
  • 431
  • 819
  • unknown
Result
  • United States victory, Central Powers defeated in World War I.
Place
  • Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean
Conflict
  • United States Navy in World War I
abstract
  • United States Navy operations during World War I began on April 6, 1917, after the formal declaration of war on Germany. The American navy focused on countering enemy U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea while convoying men and supplies to frontlines in France and Italy. Because of United States' late entry into the war her capital ships never engaged the Germans and few decisive submarine actions occurred.