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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

At the end of World War II, the four German sailing vessels then extant were distributed to various nations as war reparations. Horst Wessel [this ship] was won by the United States in a drawing of lots with the Soviet and British navies

What a story.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

She is prominent in the excellent Nantucket series, if you like alternate history type fiction.