Photo #: NH 65060
S.S. Santa Paula (American Freighter, 1917)
Photographed by her builder, the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine
Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, probably when
first completed.
Owned by W.R. Grace & Company of New York, this steamer was acquired
by the Navy on 14 August 1918 and placed in commission three
days later as USS Santa Paula (ID # 1590). She was decommissioned
and returned to her owner on 21 August 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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