Photo #: NH 102029
Mercer (U.S. Freighter, 1918)
Photographed by Lionel Dottin, probably at the yard of her builder,
Federal Shipbuilding Company, Hackensack River, New Jersey, after completion but before commencing her Naval service.
She was acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 16 January 1919
as USS Mercer (ID # 3837). She was returned to the U.S.
Shipping Board on 3 June 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
 |