Photo #: NH 101352
USS Gratitude (ID # 3054)
Serving as a supply boat during World War I, with a large number
of Sailors on board. This photograph was possibly taken from
USS Iowa (Battleship # 4) in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia,
in 1918. A steam launch from Iowa is in the foreground.
Built in 1880, this coastal passenger steamer placed in commission
on 1 April 1918 and returned to her owner on 15 September 1919.
Collection of Commander Haines H. Lippincott, USN (Chaplains
Corps).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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