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S.S. West Elcasco preparing to launch at Skinner & Eddy shipyard, Seattle, September 21, 1918
Order an ImageThe SS West Elcasco was a steel-hulled cargo ship built in 1918 by Skinner & Eddy Corp. shipyard in Seattle'one of a series built by Skinner & Eddy for the United States Shipping Board's emergency wartime shipbuilding program. The ship saw service as an auxiliary with the U.S Navy in World War I and as an Army transport in World War II.
Caption on photo: 9-21-18 Skinner & Eddy Corp. Seattle, U.S.A.
Photographer's Reference Number: 4881
Caption on photo: 9-21-18 Skinner & Eddy Corp. Seattle, U.S.A.
Photographer's Reference Number: 4881
ID Number: 2009.56.46
Date: 1918
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Collection on David Rodgers, 2009.56.46
Copyright: No Known Copyright
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