Photo #: NH 102050
Nahunta (American Barge, 1866)
Photographed prior to her World War I naval service. Formerly
named West Point, this seagoing iron coal barge was originally
built as a merchant sailing vessel.
She was commissioned by the Navy as USS Nahunta on 8 August
1917. Stricken on 13 June 1919, she was sold on 2 October 1919.
Nahunta had no Navy registry number.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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