Photo #: NH 52704
S.S. Mongolia (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1904)
Two officers on board the ship soon after her 19 April 1917 action
with a German submarine.
They are identified in the original photo captions as Lieutenant
Charles F. (or Bruce R.) Ware, USN, and First Officer Waldo E.
Wollaston (or Mollaston). Note the right hand officer's high
boots, communications gear and .45 caliber M1911 pistol; binoculars
worn by both; and non-U.S. Navy insignia on the left-hand officer's
cap.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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