| Caption | Cruiser USS Omaha (right) laying off the seized German blockade runner Odenwald in the South Atlantic, 6 Nov 1941. The Odenwald had been disguised as the US-flag ship Willmoto carrying rubber from Japan to Germany. ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | |||||||
| Identification Code | NH 49935 | |||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 6 Nov 1941 | |||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Atlantic Ocean | |||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 1 May 2017 | |||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | |||||||
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Odenwald was taken to Puerto Rico. An admiralty court ruled that since the ship was illegally claiming American registration, there was sufficient grounds for confiscation. The crews of the two American ships, Omaha and Sommers, claimed salvage rights to Odenwald because the attempt by her crew to scuttle the ship prior to seizure was the equivalent of abandoning her. The court case, settled in 1947, ruled the members of the boarding party and the prize crew were entitled to $3,000 apiece while all the other crewmen were entitled to two months’ pay and allowances. This was the last prize money awarded by the US Navy.