DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 46233
USS Mercury (ID # 3012)
Inspection in a troop berthing space, circa 1918-1919.
Note folding pipe berths and Soldiers' "kit" laid out
on the hatch cover. Rifle is a M1903 "Springfield".
Boots have hobnails and heel plates.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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