DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 65082
S.S. Willimantic (American freighter, 1918)
Being launched at the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co.,
Seattle, Washington, on 29 May 1918. Note the elaborate bow decorations.
The tug Prosper of Seattle is assisting. This freighter
was in commission as USS Willimantic (ID # 3549) from
2 November 1918 to 21 April 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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