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 53580
USS Houston (1917-1922, later AK-1)
At Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, 2 July 1917, following
conversion from the ex-German freighter Liebenfels.
The station ship Hartford is in the distance, beyond Houston's
bow.
Note man with bicycle at left.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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