Photo #: NH 65073-A
West Hosokie (American Freighter, 1918)
Photographed by her builder, the Skinner & Eddy Corporation of
Seattle, Washington, while on trials off Seattle on 29 August
1918. She had been built in 65 working days.
This ship was acquired by the Navy on the day of her trials and
placed in commission as USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695).
She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 2 July 1919.
Note her pattern camouflage.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 48486
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
Off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 11 March 1919.
Her pattern camouflage is a modified version of that applied
when she was completed in August 1918.
Note the absence of guns, and signalman "wig-wagging"
atop the pilothouse.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 399
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa March 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41945
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
Ship's officers and men pose with a 14"/50 Mark IV gun stowed
on her foredeck, after it had been transported across the Atlantic
from France. Taken at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania,
circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
the final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41941
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
the final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41939
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
These guns, being returned to the U.S. from France, were employed
by the Naval Railway Battery on the Western Front during the
final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41940
USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695)
Unloading 14"/50 Mark IV guns at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
These guns were part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
the final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41942
14"/50 Mark IV gun
Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
This gun was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
the final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41943
14"/50 Mark IV gun
Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
This gun was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during
the final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41944
Gun Car Girder for a 14"/50 Naval Railway Gun
Being unloaded from USS West Hosokie (ID # 3695), at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 10 March 1919.
Photographed by Charles M. Clark, Ledger Art Service, Philadelphia.
This girder, with the number "300652" visible on its
side,was part of the Naval Railway Battery in France during the
final months of World War I.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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