Photo #: NH 102518
USS Welcome (SP-1175)
In a Great Lakes area port, during the World War I era.
Acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917, this former pleasure craft
was placed in commission on 17 August and served on the Great
Lakes for the rest of World War I. She was returned to her owner
on 7 March 1919.
Ship in the background is probably the Coast Guard Cutter Morrill.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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