Photo #: NH 99884
S.S. Casco (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 Historical Center Photograph.
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