DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 102028
USS Merauke (ID # 2498)
Photographed during World War I.
Built in 1911, the Dutch freighter Merauke was taken over
by the Navy on 21 March 1918 and commissioned on 28 March 1918.
She was returned to her owner on 8 May 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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