DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 102133
Polar Bear (American Freighter, 1918)
In port, 1918.
This ship was acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 3 December
1918 as USS Polar Bear (ID # 3666). She was returned to
the U.S. Shipping Board on 19 March 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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