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NH 99884 S.S. Casco

Photo #: NH 99884 S.S. Casco
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Title: S.S. Casco
Description: (American Freighter, 1910) In port, possibly on or about 8 November 1917 when she was inspected by the 12th Naval District. The former German merchantman Elmshorn, this ship was transferred to the Navy on 7 January 1918 and placed in commission the following day as USS Casco (ID # 1957). She was decommissioned on 22 March 1919 and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board. Note that she is flying a Union Jack in this photograph, though painted in peacetime civilian style. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 99884
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