Photo #: NH 102140
Postmaster General (Harbor Passenger Steamer, 1898)
Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service.
This steamer was chartered by the Navy on 28 February 1918 to
provide postal services. She was commandeered in June 1918, commissioned
on 20 June as USS Postmaster General (ID # 2364) and returned
to her owner on 6 May 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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