Photo #: NH 100585
USS Raymond J. Anderton (SP-530)
Photographed circa August-September 1917, probably at the Boston
Navy Yard, Massachusetts. USS Parthenia (SP-671) is alongside
her, at right.
The civilian fishing vessel Raymond J. Anderton, built
in 1911, was acquired by the Navy on 15 June 1917 and commissioned
on 18 August 1917. Following World War I service in French waters,
she was decommissioned on 8 September 1919 for sale abroad.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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