Photo #: NH 64587-A
SS Alaskan (American Freighter, 1902)
Probably photographed in 1902, at the time of her completion
by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California.
This ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 12 March 1918 and
commissioned on 23 March as USS Alaskan (ID # 4542). She
was transferred from the Naval Overseas Transportation Service
to the Troop Transportation Force in December 1918. On 5 August
1919, Alaskan was decommissioned and returned to the U.S.
Shipping Board.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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