Photo #: NH 85263
USAT George Washington (U.S. Army Transport)
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1943-1945.
Built in 1908 as the German passenger liner George Washington,
this ship served as USS George Washington (ID # 3018)
in 1917-1919 and as USS Catlin (AP-19) in 1941. She was
refitted with new oil-fired boilers and a single smokestack,
as seen here, in 1942-1943.
Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II",
by Roland W. Charles.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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