Photo #: NH 44901
"Menhaden Fisherman" type of converted minesweepers
Moored at Lorient, France, in 1918.
These ships are identified as USS Anderton (SP-530), USS
Lewes (SP-383) and USS James (SP-429). Anderton
is the middle ship, with her smokestack immediately behind her
pilothouse.
The ships were originally named Raymond J. Anderton, City
of Lewes and W.T. James. A Navy Department general
order in July 1917 ordered section patrol (SP) boat names shortened
to surnames only.
Note the racks, holding two depth charges each, mounted on two
of these minesweepers, and the numeral "9" on the stern
of the ship on the right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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