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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