Photo #: NH 102003
War Bayonet (U.S. cargo ship, 1917)
Probably photographed near the end of her construction by the
Toledo Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, Ohio, which had launched
her on 25 October 1917. She was renamed Lake Superior
by the U.S. Shipping Board, acquired by the Navy on 12 December
1917, and commissioned on 30 January 1918 as USS Lake Superior
(ID# 2995).
Photographed by Herrick.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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