Photo #: NH 65073-A 
 
    West Hosokie (American Freighter, 1918) 
 
    Photographed by her builder, the Skinner & Eddy Corporation of
    Seattle, Washington, while on trials off Seattle on 29 August
    1918. She had been built in 65 working days. 
    This ship was acquired by the Navy on the day of her trials and
    placed in commission as USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695).
    She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 2 July 1919. 
    Note her pattern camouflage. 
 
    The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 48486 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 11 March 1919. 
    Her pattern camouflage is a modified version of that applied
    when she was completed in August 1918. 
    Note the absence of guns, and signalman "wig-wagging"
    atop the pilothouse. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 399 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa March 1919. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41945 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    Ship's officers and men pose with a 14"/50 Mark IV gun stowed
    on her foredeck, after it had been transported across the Atlantic
    from France. Taken at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania,
    circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
    the final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41941 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
    Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
    the final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41939 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
    Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    These guns, being returned to the U.S. from France, were employed
    by the Naval Railway Battery on the Western Front during the
    final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41940 
 
    USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695) 
 
    Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
    Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
    the final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41942 
 
    14"/50 Mark IV gun 
 
    Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    This gun was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
    the final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41943 
 
    14"/50 Mark IV gun 
 
    Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    This gun was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
    the final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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    Photo #: NH 41944 
 
    Gun Car Girder for a 14"/50 Naval Railway Gun 
 
    Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
    Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 10 March 1919. 
    Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia. 
    This girder, with the number "300652" visible on its
    side,was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during the
    final months of World War I. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
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