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Photo #: NH 102634
USS Vega (SP-734)
Off Cape May, New Jersey, circa summer or fall 1918.
The four-masted schooner in the right center background is
probably USS Robert H. McCurdy (ID # 3157), a decoy ship
intended to lure German U-Boats within torpedo range of nearby
U.S. Navy submarines.
Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
1990.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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