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Photo #: NH 101619

S.S. Westward Ho
(American Freighter, 1918)

Photographed in the eastern Atlantic, soon after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-62, on 8 August 1918.
Following repairs, this ship became USS Westward Ho (ID # 3098).
Note her pattern camouflage.

Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1987.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 18 October 2005