Photo #: NH 101777
Trawler Georgetown
Photographed circa 1940, at about the time she was acquired by
the U.S. Navy. Note U.S. flag painted on the side of her pilothouse
as a wartime neutrality marking.
Built in 1928, Georgetown was acquired by the Navy on
4 September 1940 and commissioned on 3 March 1941 as USS Linnet
(AM-76).
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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