DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 99887
Cauto (American Freighter, 1916)
In port, circa 1918
Built at Seattle, Washington, in 1916, this steamship was acquired
by the Navy on 12 July 1918 and placed in commission the next
day as USS Cauto (ID # 1538). She was decommissioned on
22 February 1919 and delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board for
return to her owners.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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