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NH 44900 "Menhaden Fisherman" type of converted minesweepers

Photo #: NH 44900 "Menhaden Fisherman" type of converted minesweepers
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Title: "Menhaden Fisherman" type of converted minesweepers
Description: Photo #: NH 44900 Menhaden Fisherman type of converted minesweepers Off Lorient, France, probably during a review of U.S. and French ships on 29 November 1918. Four of these ships are identified as USS Hubbard (SP-416) USS Anderton (SP-530), USS Lewes (SP-383) and USS James (SP-429). Hubbard is in the foreground, wearing the number 8. Anderton is the third ship from the front (only partially visible), with her smokestack immediately behind her pilothouse. The ships were originally named B.H.B. Hubbard, Raymond J. Anderton, City of Lewes and W.T. James. A Navy Department general order in July 1917 ordered section patrol (SP) boat names shortened to surnames only. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 44900
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