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Photo #  NH 107026:  USS Lake Tulare at Danzig, 1919.

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USS Lake Tulare (ID # 2652), 1918-1919.
Completed as S.S. Lake Tulare (American Freighter, 1918). Originally named War Valour. Later named Bestik and Hai Hsiang

S.S. Lake Tulare, a 2005 gross ton freighter built at Superior, Wisconsin was originally begun on British account as S.S. War Valour. Taken over by the United States while under construction and given her "Lake" name, she was completed in April 1918. The U.S. Army employed her until October 1918, when the Navy placed her in commission at Cardiff, Wales as USS Lake Tulare (ID # 2652). The ship carried coal, food and military cargo between European ports until the late summer of 1919, when she recrossed the Atlantic to New York to be decommissioneed and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board. Lake Tulare was sold to foreign owners in 1923 and renamed Bestik. She was again renamed in 1934, becoming Hai Hsiang. She was sunk in Chinese waters in December 1941.

This page features the only view we have concerning USS Lake Tulare (ID # 2652) and the civilian S.S. Lake Tulare, Bestik and Hai Hsiang.


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Photo #: NH 107026

USS Lake Tulare
(ID # 2652)

At Danzig in 1919, while assigned to the U.S. Food Administration.
The original image is printed on post card stock.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 900 x 610 pixels

 


NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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