Photo #: NH 102567
Willoughby (American Ferry, 1903)
In port, circa 1918, probably in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia.
Previously named Augustus J. Phillips, this ferry steamer
was placed in commission on 8 February 1918 as USS Willoughby
(SP-2129). She was returned to her owner, the Chesapeake Ferry
Company of Portsmouth, Virginia, on 26 September 1919.
The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National
Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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