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Photo #: NH 103034

Georgia
(American Tanker, 1908)

In port, possibly when inspected by the Third Naval District on 18 February 1918.
Built at Newport News, Virginia, in 1908, Georgia was owned by the Texas Oil Company of New York City and was fitted with five-inch and three-inch deck guns, manned by a U.S. Navy armed guard, during the First World War. Assigned the Navy registry ID # 2316 and was ordered taken over by for Naval service on 2 November 1918. However, this action was cancelled on 9 November 1918 and she remained in her owner's custody. Renamed Texaco after World War I, she soon reverted to the name Georgia.

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Image posted 28 June 2005