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USS Indianapolis (ID-3865)

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can be seen under construction from Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807.
325:, on 23 February 1919. She departed Norfolk on 31 March 1919, carried cargo to France, and returned to Norfolk on 22 June 1919. 267: 145: 82: 334:
on 9 July 1919. She was returned to the United States Shipping Board at Norfolk the same day, once again becoming SS
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departed Philadelphia on 28 December 1918 to carry cargo to
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USS Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indiana
Pusey and Jones
Gloucester City, Camden County
New Jersey
United States Shipping Board
Cargo ship
knots
cargo ship
United States Navy
Pusey and Jones
United States Shipping Board
Department of the Navy
commissioned
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
England
Netherlands
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
decommissioned
1918 Photo the "Indianapolis"
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
here
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