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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 98585

USS Mercury (ID # 3012)


U.S. Army officers on board, posing with with a Navy Commander, probably during one of the ship's trans-Atlantic voyages returning troops to the U.S. from France, circa 1919.
The Commander (in center) may be Prentiss P. Bassett, who was Mercury's Commanding Officer for most of her service.

Courtesy of Mrs. W.A. Nightengale, 1971.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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25 June 2003