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Photo #  NH 102127:  Launching of the steamer Phoenix Bridge at Newark, N.J., 1918


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Phoenix Bridge (American Freighter, 1918)

Phoenix Bridge, a 3658 gross ton steamship, was built at Newark, New Jersey, in 1918 as part of the Nation's large World War I merchant ship building program. Completed in October 1918, she was intended for operation by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, and assigned the registry ID number 3767, but was not taken over and remained in civilian hands.

This page features our only views of the freighter Phoenix Bridge.


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Photo #: NH 102127

Phoenix Bridge (American Freighter, 1918)


Photographed by M. Rosenfeld, New York, immediately after launching in 1918. She was built by the Submarine Boat Company, Newark, New Jersey, as their Hull 557. On 28 September 1918 the Navy Department directed that, when Phoenix Bridge was completed in October 1918, she was to be taken over for Naval Overseas Transportation Service operation, with the registry number ID 3767. However this was not done, and she remained in civilian hands.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds another view of the steamer Phoenix Bridge, taken while she was tied up alongside a pier, circa 1918. This photograph, which is of very poor quality, shows her from off the bow and slightly to port. Hardly anything can be seen of her superstructure, or hull aft of amidships.
This print is mounted on the "SP" data card for Pheoenix Bridge (ID # 3767).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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