USS Freedom (ID-3024)
USS ''Freedom'' (ID-3024) was a cargo and transport ship in the United States Navy during World War I. Originally SS ''Wittekind'' for the North German Lloyd line, the ship also served as USAT ''Iroquois'' and USAT ''Freedom'' after being seized by the United States in 1917. SS ''Wittekind'' was built in Germany for the Bremen–New York City, New York service of the Roland Line service of North German Lloyd, and was the sister ship of . In March 1900 ''Wittekind'' was lengthened because her cargo capacity was found lacking. Later that same year, ''Wittekind'' was among the first transports to carry German Empire troops as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance intended to put down the Boxer Rebellion in China. In August 1914, at the start of World War I, the ship was interned at Boston in the neutral United States. When the U.S. entered that conflict in April 1917, ''Wittekind'' was seized and turned over to the United States Shipping Board. Renamed ''Iroquois'', the ship was chart ...
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