Photo #: NH 42410
USS Plattsburg (ID # 1645)
At Brest, France, 23 September 1918.
Built in 1888 as the passenger liner City of New York
and later renamed New York, this ship briefly served as
USS Harvard between 26 April and 2 September 1898. On
9 May 1918, following employment as a civilian-operated troop
transport, S.S. New York was chartered by the Navy and,
on 24 May 1918, placed in commission as USS Plattsburg.
She was returned to her owners on 6 October 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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