Image: USS West Alsek (ID-3119)
Description: SS West Alsek (American Freighter, 1918) Underway during builder's trials, off Seattle, Washington, on 4 June 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage. Built in 78 working days by the Skinner & Eddy Corporation, of Seattle, this steamship was acquired by the Navy on the day of her trials and placed in commission as USS West Alsek (ID # 3119). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 27 January 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Title: USS West Alsek (ID-3119)
Credit: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photo #: NH 102368
Author: U.S. Navy
Permission: This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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License: Public domain
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