Photo #: NH 93947
USS Bavaria (ID # 2179)
In port, possibly at New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was placed
in commission on 4 January 1918. She was decommissioned in June
1918 and transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board.
Originally built at Hamburg, Germany in 1905, this freighter
bore several different names following World War I, including
Calixto Garcia (1922), Lotte (1925) and Gernis
(1926).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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