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We entered World War 1 because of a German submarine attack on U.S. merchant ships in 1917.
Primarily over 2,000 merchant vessels, with a sprinkling of allied warships.
The Merchant Marine naval ships provided the transport of supplies .
Germany resumed attacking American merchant ships
Neutrality Patrols
103 merchant ships were sunk in world war one
The operation to protect American merchant ships in the Atlantic before the US entered the war was called the Neutrality Patrol. It involved escorting and protecting merchant ships from attacks by German submarines.
Roger Villar has written: 'Merchant ships at war' -- subject(s): Armed merchant ships, British Naval operations, Falkland Islands War, 1982, Merchant ships
Armed merchantmen.
neutrality patrol
Merchant ships can't have weapons because the government doesn't want weapons to be sold overseas. Which may be contributing to the war in Iraq.
We entered World War 1 because of a German submarine attack on U.S. merchant ships in 1917.
3,000 Allied ships (175 warships; 2,825 merchant ships)
Merchant Marine Liberty ships
no they destroyed them
Sinking merchant ships.
German U-Boats destroyed American merchant ships