Photo #: NH 105072
White Star Line ferry lighters Nomadic (inboard)
and Traffic (outboard)
Transferring troops to USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at Brest,
France, for passage home to the United States, 10 June 1919.
The stern of the U.S. Navy personnel lighter Rin Tin Tin
is in the right foreground. The small ship in the middle distance
is the personnel lighter Amackassin. Faintly visible in
the center distance is a U.S. Navy cruiser, either USS Saint
Louis (Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser #
22).
The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO")
stock.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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