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NH 98567 USS Mercury (ID # 3012)

Photo #: NH 98567 USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
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Title: USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
Description: Ship's first liberty party is inspected by her Executive Officer, Commander Prentiss P. Bassett, at St. Nazaire, France. They were leaving the ship after the completion of her first trans-Atlantic trooping voyage, circa January 1918. Note the truck at left, marked U.S. 2234-X, and the French army sentry with a Lebel rifle, in the left center. Courtesy of James Russell, 1980. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 98567
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