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NH 105250 Beaver

Photo #: NH 105250 Beaver
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Title: Beaver
Description: (American Passenger Ship, 1910) In commercial service before World War I. Owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, she was operated by the San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co. on a route between those two West Coast ports. Purchased by the Navy in July 1918, she became USS Beaver (ID # 2302, later AS-5). A sister, Bear, was wrecked in 1911 while operating on the San Francisco-Portland route. Donation of Captain Stephen S. Roberts, USNR (Retired), 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105250
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