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NH 102029 Mercer

Photo #: NH 102029 Mercer
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Title: Mercer
Description: (U.S. Freighter, 1918) Photographed by Lionel Dottin, probably at the yard of her builder, Federal Shipbuilding Company, Hackensack River, New Jersey, after completion but before commencing her Naval service. She was acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 16 January 1919 as USS Mercer (ID # 3837). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 3 June 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102029
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