Photo #: NH 95758
S.S. Buenaventura (American Freighter, 1913)
Underway, prior to World War I.
This ship was placed in commission as USS Buenaventura
(ID-1335) on 26 July 1918 and was torpedoed and sunk on 16 September
1918.
Spelled Buena Ventura by some sources, her name is painted
on her bow as a single word in this photograph.
The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National
Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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