Photo #: NH 41870
USS Mercy (ID # 1305, later AH-4)
"The hospital ship Mercy, with several hundred heroes
aboard, arriving in port of New York after a rough and stormy
voyage. The ship was several days late, having been forced by
the weather to put into Bermuda until weather had calmed. Photo
shows boys clamoring for the necessities as women of the Police
Reserve brought packages of smokes and chocolates." (quoted
from the original photo caption).
The photograph is dated 12 December 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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