Death At Sea

Cement City

Audacy | Cement City Productions

Documentary, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As World War erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson follows public opinion and stays out of the international conflict. But when a merchant ship carrying American passengers is attacked by a German U-boat, the United States begins to emerge from isolation and establishes itself as a source of possibility in the world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.4	The torpedo came from U-Boat 20, a German submarine.
0:39.4	It was 210 on the afternoon of Friday, May 7, 1915, and the subs captain recorded the moment
0:45.8	in his log.
0:48.9	Torpedo hits starboard side close behind the bridge, and unusually great detonation
0:53.6	follows with a very strong explosive cloud.
0:58.6	The 20-foot long missile, armed with 350 pounds of TNT, had struck its target.
1:05.0	The Kunards, Lucetania, a British-owned luxury ship.
1:09.4	The resulting tragedy, the Lucetania went down in just 18 minutes.
1:14.1	It would claim 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans.
1:24.9	In the terror and the death, the chaos and the fire, the United States had just come closer
1:30.6	to World War I and to everything that came after.
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