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Photo #: NH 102070

Old Colony
(American Coastal Passenger Steamer, 1907)

Tied up in port, circa 1917.
Acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1917 for transfer to the British Navy, she sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 November as USS Old Colony (SP-1254). She was turned over to the Royal Navy upon arrival in the United Kingdom and was commissioned as HMS Old Colony in June 1918. She was sold in March 1920.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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9 July 2002