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NH 99468 U.S. Navy Transport not

Photo #: NH 99468 U.S. Navy Transport not
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Title: U.S. Navy Transport not
Description: Photo #: NH 99468 U.S. Navy Transport Crowded with troops, probably in a French port just before departure for the United States in 1919. This ship is USS Ohioan. She is rather one of the four former Morgan Line steamers converted to minelayers during World War I and employed as transports in 1919. These were USS Canandaigua (ID # 1694), USS Roanoke (ID # 1695), USS Canonicus (ID # 1696) and USS Housatonic (ID # 1697). Photographed from USS Scranton (ID # 3511). Photograph from the USS Scranton photo album kept by J.D. Bartar, one of her crew members. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 99468
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