LEHIGH: 1919 - Newsstand promo w/ sinking photos from 1941 - Stationery & cachets When the oil crisis hit

When the oil crisis hit in 1973

Amazingly she wasn't scrapped until 2004

Farrell Line's AFRICAN COMET

as well as destination info

Another photo shows a middle-aged black man ringing a chime

LEHIGH: 1919 - Newsstand promo w/ sinking photos from 1941 - Stationery & cachets When the oil crisis hitUnited 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