Photo #: NH 102829
S.S. Havana (American Passenger Steamer, 1906)
In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District
when she was acquired for Naval service on 19 July 1917.
Following conversion to a hospital ship, this former New York
& Cuba Mail Steamship Company liner was placed in commission
on 18 March 1918 as USS Comfort (designated AH-3 in 1920).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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