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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 99173
Eten (Passenger-Cargo Ship, 1907)
In port, probably circa the spring of 1919.
This ship, built in Germany and previously named Rhakotis,
was taken over by the Navy and placed in commission on 1 May
1919 as USS Eten (ID # 4041). After use as a transport
she was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 19 August 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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