Photo #: NH 89404
USS Boston (1887-1946)
Tied up at Yerba Buena Island, while serving as receiving ship
there, shortly before World War II.
This ship was renamed Despatch on 9 August 1940 and designated
IX-2 on 17 February 1941.
Note the old destroyers at left, lightship at right and San Francisco
Bay ferryboats in the distance.
Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1979.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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