Photo #: NH 100590
USS Raymond J. Anderton (SP-530)
Photographed circa August 1917, while preparing for deployment
overseas. Location is probably Boston Navy Yard. Two battleships
are in the background, with that in the center being either USS
Delaware (Battleship # 28) or USS North Dakota
(Battleship # 29).
Built in 1911, the fishing vessel Raymond J. Anderton
was acquired by the Navy on 15 June 1917 and commissioned on
18 August 1917. She was decommissioned on 8 September 1919 for
sale abroad.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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