DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
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Photo #: NH 102909
S.S. Tasco (American Salvage Tug, 1907)
In port on a winter day, probably prior to her World War I era
Navy service.
This vessel, owned by J. Shewan of Brooklyn, New York, was acquired
by the Navy for World War I service and placed in commission
as USS Tasco (SP-502) on 29 September 1917. She was returned
to her owner on 22 May 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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