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NH 65061-A S.S. Jeannette Skinner

Photo #: NH 65061-A S.S. Jeannette Skinner
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Title: S.S. Jeannette Skinner
Description: (American Freighter, 1917) Just after launch at the Skinner and Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, Washington, 30 June 1917. Laid down as J. M. Fox, she was renamed Jeannette Skinner by the Norwegian owner Knut Knutsen and was then commandeered by the U.S. Shipping Board and delivered to that agency on 2 August 1917. On 12 April 1918 the ship was taken over by the Navy and commissioned as USS Jeannette Skinner (ID # 1321). She was returned to the Shipping Board on 10 June 1919. Note the Norwegian flag and the name Jeannette Skinner on the ship's bow, the U.S. Ensign at her stern and the flag amidships featuring a large letter K. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 65061-A
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