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Photo #: NH 102633
USS Robert H. McCurdy (ID # 3157)
Photographed in 1918, probably in late July when she was acquired
for U.S. Navy service as a decoy ship operating in cooperation
with U.S. submarines in an attempt to trap German U-Boats operating
off the Atlantic Coast.
The three-masted schooner at left is almost certainly USS Helvetia
(ID # 3096), which was acquired at the same time, for the same
purpose. The vessel nested between the two appears to be a lightship.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Image posted 20 December 2004