Photo #: NH 103127
USAT Marica (U.S. Army Transport, 1919)
Contemporary photograph of an artwork, depicting the ship in
heavy seas.
Built for the Luckenbach Steamship Company, the freighter Marica
was taken over by the U.S. Navy when completed, converted to
a troop transport and placed in commission on 9 June 1919 as
USS Marica (ID # 4031). She was decommissioned on 12 September
1919 and transferred to the War Department for employment as
a U.S. Army Transport.
Courtesy of Edwin T. Galvin, 2005. The original print came from
the collection of the donor's father, William T. Galvin, a U.S.
Coast Guardsman who had served in Marica's crew.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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