These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.
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S.S. Kopara
This small New Zealand freighter was acquired by the U.S. Navy under Reverse Lend Lease in 1942. She is probably shown here before acquisition.
Photo No. NH 83230
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command