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Photo #: NH 56577
USS Bridgeport (ID # 3009)
At New York City, 1 October 1917.
Previously the German merchant steamer Breslau, she was
seized at New Orleans when the United States entered World War
I. Renamed Bridgeport on 9 June 1917, after being turned
over to the Navy, she was placed in commission on 25 August 1917.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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