US Navy in World War I Lot 10944-9 (19617817153)
Summary
Lot 10944-9: Wash day on board USS Recruit. Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the U.S. navy in Manhattan, New York City. Used as a recruiting tool and training ship during World War I, it was dismantled in 1920. Note, another USS Recruit (TDE-1, later TFFG-1) was also in service as a training tool, serving at Naval Training Center, San Diego (Point Loma), California, at various times from 1949 to 1997. Photographed by Bain News Service, New York, between 1917-20. (7/31/2015).
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national museum of the us navy
black and white photographs of new york city
black and white photographs of world war i in new york city
black and white photographs of the united states in the 1910 s
sailors from the united states navy
uss recruit 1917
washing laundry
us navy museum
us navy
high resolution
Date
1920
Source
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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Public Domain