Photo #: NH 101995
War Chant (U.S. cargo ship, 1917)
Photographed at about the time she was completed. She was soon
renamed Lake Champlain, as indicated by the pencil alteration
on her hull. Acquired by the Navy on 19 January 1918, she was
commissioned on 24 January as USS Lake Champlain (ID#
1791). The ship was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 20
March 1919. Later sold abroad, she was renamed Nipponier
in 1922.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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