The steamship Clio, a 2927 gross ton freighter, was built at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 1910 for commercial operation under the Dutch flag. She was seized at Key West, Florida, by the United States Government in March 1918 and turned over to the Navy, which placed her in commission early in April as USS Clio (ID # 2578). Later in that month, after voyaging from Key West to Havana, Cuba, and then on to New Orleans, Louisiana, the ship was decommissioned and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board.
This page features the only view we have representing what may be the freighter Clio, which was briefly USS Clio (ID # 2578) in 1918.
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The following photograph shows, in the background, a freighter named Clio that may be the same ship that served as USS Clio (ID # 2578) in April 1918:
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Page made 11 December 2004