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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.

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Image posted 23 February 2004