Photo #: NH 65098-A
West Bridge (American Freighter, 1918)
Photographed by her builder, J.F. Duthie & Company, Seattle,
Washington, on 25 May 1918, showing her as completed, painted
in pattern camouflage. On 25 May she was acquired by the Navy,
and on 27 May she was placed in commission as USS West Bridge
(ID # 2888). The ship was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board
on 1 December 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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