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.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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