Photo #: NH 65093-A
S.S. Felix Taussig (American Freighter, 1917)
Probably photographed upon completion of construction, circa
1917. Built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
at Newport News, Virginia, this ship was requisitioned by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation for World War I service and chartered
by the U.S. Army. She was acquired by the Navy on 29 August 1918
and placed in commission two days later as USS Felix Taussig
(ID # 2282). She was decommissioned on 26 April 1919 and transferred
to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owners, the Crowell
& Thurlow Steamship Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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