Photo #: NH 103540
S.S. Eastern Chief (American Freighter, 1917)
In port, possibly at Charleston, South Carolina, on 10 September
1918, when she was inspected by the Sixth Naval District. She
is wearing pattern camouflage.
Built in Japan by the Uraga Dock Company as Yoshida Maru No.
3, this steamer was renamed Eastern Chief when she
passed into the hands of the U.S. Shipping Board. The ship was
transferred to the Navy on 26 September 1918 and placed in commission
the next day as USS Eastern Chief (ID # 3390). She was
decommissioned and returned to the Shipping Board on 29 May 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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