The Distinguished Service Cross given to the USS Venetia

Title (Dublin Core): The Distinguished Service Cross given to the USS Venetia
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Ships; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): To Keep the "Venetia's" Gold Star Shining
extracted text (Extract Text): "THE Venetia really deserved a

Distinguished Service Cross.
She served in the Great War, and
distinguished herself by crippling
the U-39, which had to limp to

Cartagena, Spain, and be promptly
interned. But a one-inch medal on
an ocean-going liner wouldn't show
up very well, so the Venetia was
awarded a large gold star, which
was hung in a conspicuous place
on her funnel.

When the gold grows dull, the
sailors climb up and polish it.
That sounds simple enough, but
look at the picture.
Contributor (Dublin Core): International Film Service (Image copyright)
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1919-06
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 6, 1919
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 37
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Cartagena; USS Venetia; Distinguished Service Cross
Archived by (Dublin Core): Davide Donà; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United States of America