Photo #: NH 65594-A
S.S. George G. Henry (American Tanker, 1917)
On the morning of her trial trip, 3 June 1917.
Built by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California, and
owned by the Los Angeles Petroleum Transportation Company, this
tanker taken over by the U.S. Navy for World War I service and
placed in commission on 23 August 1918 as USS George G. Henry
(ID # 1560). She was returned to her owner on 21 May 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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