German Freighter Arauca, Port Everglades, FL

Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 800 dpi

Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 800 dpi

Name/Title

German Freighter Arauca, Port Everglades, FL

Entry/Object ID

P-1101

Description

Freighter ship with two masts and one smokestack. Black and white photographic image with border. Real photo postcard. Postally unused.

Collection

FLHS Postcard Collection

Cataloged By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Made/Created

Date made

1939 - 1945

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Ships, Freight ships, Freighters, Cargo ships

Search Terms

World War II, Arauca, Port Everglades, World War II, Germans

Location

Location

Container

Box 2

Room

Hofmann Manuscript Room

Building

Hoch Heritage Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 26, 2023

Inventory

Inventoried By

MTE (Margo Edwards)

Inventoried Date

Oct 24, 2008

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 8, 2007

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

5-4333

General Notes

Note

Notes: The United States did not enter World War II until 1941, but Fort Lauderdale felt the effect of the war sooner than most of the rest of the country. In December 1939, a British cruiser chased the German freighter Arauca into Port Everglades, where she remained until the US seized her in 1941, when Germany declared war on the US. The ARAUCA was a German freighter sailing to some not known destination and was off the Florida coast in the late fall 1939 or early winter of 1940. A British military vessel had shot at them at about the three-mile limit, and the ARAUCA sought refuge in the Ft. Lauderdale harbor. Although the United States was not yet at war, the freighter and its crew were detained at Ft. Lauderdale.

Created By

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Create Date

October 24, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

October 31, 2023