Photo #: NH 64594-A
SS Berwyn (American Freighter, 1917)
Off the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Sparrows
Point, Maryland, upon completion, 26 September 1918.
This ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy and placed in commission
on 28 September 1918 as USS Berwyn (ID # 3565). She was
returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 10 May 1919.
Note her pattern camouflage.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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