Photo #: NH 95857
S.S. Chipchung (American Freighter, 1919)
Underway during builder's trials on 23 May 1919, probably in
San Francisco Bay, California. She was constructed by the Moore
Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California, to United States
Shipping Board design 1015.
Chipchung was considered for U.S. Navy acquisition, and
given the registry ID # 3965, but was not taken over.
The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National
Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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