Photo #: NH 105262
S.S. Franklin (American collier, 1915)
Franklin was completed at Camden, N.J. in 1915 and never
served in the Navy. She is flying a flag on her foremast showing
her name, a common practice during builder's trials. This photo
was used on a Navy data card to represent USS Glen White
(ID # 2068), a similar ship completed at Camden in May 1918 and
commissioned on 22 July 1918. The name Tidewater written
on the photo is of a third ship of this type that was completed
at Camden in 1917 but saw no Navy service. Glen White
was decommissioned on 6 March 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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