Photo #: NH 102561
S.S. Western Maid (American Freighter, 1918)
Photographed on 13 August 1918 by her builder, Northwest Steel
Company, Portland, Oregon.
Originally ordered under the name Aisne and renamed Western
Maid prior to completion, this ship was acquired by the Navy
and placed in commission as USS Western Maid (ID # 3703)
on 17 August 1918. She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board
on 20 March 1919.
Note her pattern camouflage.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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