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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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22 September 2004