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Photo #: NH 65155

S.S. Robert L. Barnes
(American Tanker, 1917)

In merchant service circa 1917, before acquisition by the Navy.
Alexander McDougall built her as the prototype "rectangular ship" or "sea-going canal boat," with a plain, low hull and a superstructure that could be removed to pass under canal bridges.
This steamer was placed in commission as USS Robert L. Barnes (ID-3088) on 19 October 1918.

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28 October 2004