Photo #: NH 101595
East Hampton (American Trawler, 1913)
In port, probably prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This fishing vessel was built in 1913 by Cobb & Butler of Rockland,
Maine. Owned by the Trident Fisheries Company of Portland, Maine,
she was acquired by the Navy on 18 April 1917 and placed in commission
on 8 May 1917 as USS East Hampton (SP-573). Decommissioned
on 2 December 1919, she was sold on 14 June 1920 to the C.E.
Davis Packing Company of Fleeton, Virginia.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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