Photo #: NH 74474
USS Boston (1887-1946)
View inside the deckhouse at after end of the main deck, showing
wooden roof trusses and other structural elements. Taken at the
Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 December 1918, following
Boston's conversion for service as the receiving ship
at Yerba Buena Island, California.
Note the steam-heating radiators along the deckhouse sides, and
the semi-finished oars on the deck.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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