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NH 102000 War Shell

Photo #: NH 102000 War Shell
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Title: War Shell
Description: (U.S. cargo ship, 1917) Probably photographed just after completion by the Toledo Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, Ohio, which had launched her on 29 September 1917. She was renamed Lake Shore by the U.S. Shipping Board, acquired by the Navy on 31 December 1917, and commissioned on 11 January 1918 as USS Lake Shore (ID# 1792). Note man standing by her flagstaff, holding a sign identifying the ship's builder, builder's number (140) and launch date. A triple-expansion steam engine is visible on the dock, to the right. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102000
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