USAT America (ID-3006)
Photographed during the brief period in 1919-1920 during which she was operated by the Army after two years of World War I service in the Navy. Her appearance was probably similar to this during her service as an Army barracks ship in Newfoundland in 1941.
Photo No. NH 78268
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
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USAT Edmund B. Alexander
Near Boston Light, Massachusetts, on 6 January 1945.
The old ship retains her four masts but received new boilers and a single stack in a major reconstruction in 1942-1943.
Photo No. 80-G-301393
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
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USAT Edmund B. Alexander
Probably photographed at New York near the end of World War II.
The row of liferafts under the lifeboats is missing but the ship still has its armament.
Photo No. NH 104968
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
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USAT Edmund B. Alexander
Shown at an Army pier, probably at New York, after World War II.
The photo may show her after her 1946 reconfiguration for carrying military dependents.
Photo No. 19-N-70688
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM
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