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U.S.S. SAMOSET, negative
¾ Starboard bow view of U.S.S. SAMOSET.
U.S.S. SAMOSET. Laid down September 1944 as naval tug ATR-117 by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, Texas, but completed as ATA-190. She was commissioned on 1st January 1945. 1948 – Named SAMOSET (Pennant No.190) after an American Indian leader. She was based at Norfolk, Virginia. 1969 – Decommissioned in September at Norfolk. She was assigned to US Maritime Administration in December 1970 and laid up in the James River as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. 1978 – Sold to Haiti and renamed HENRI CHRISTOPHE (MH 20). She was still in use as a Coast Guard vessel in the late 1980s. Her eventual fate is unknown.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
79.76I/4494
Acquisition
Purchase, 20/9/1979
Measurements
Length
(mm): 60
Width
(mm): 87
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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