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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 101395

S.S. Chinampa
(American Tanker, 1903)

In port, probably in 1919. The name board above her pilothouse indicates that this photograph was taken during, or shortly after, the ship's service with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
Formerly named Prometheus and Cushing, this tanker was acquired by the Navy on 2 October 1918 and placed in commission on 4 October as USS Chinampa (ID # 1952). She was returned to her owner, the Standard Oil Company, of New York City, on 27 May 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 21 February 2005