Photo #: NH 96063 S.S. Cauto (American Freighter, 1916) Nearing completion at the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company shipyard, Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1916. This ship was chartered by the U.S. Army on 15 October 1917. She was acquired by the Navy on 12 July 1918 and commissioned a day later as USS Cauto (ID # 1538). She was returned to her owner, the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, on 22 February 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 605 pixels
Photo #: NH 96064 S.S. Cauto (American Freighter, 1916) Nearing completion at the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company shipyard, Seattle, Washington, on 19 June 1916. This ship was chartered by the U.S. Army on 15 October 1917. She was acquired by the Navy on 12 July 1918 and commissioned a day later as USS Cauto (ID # 1538). She was returned to her owner, the New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company, on 22 February 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 64KB; 595 x 765 pixels
Photo #: NH 99887 Cauto (American Freighter, 1916) In port, circa 1918 Built at Seattle, Washington, in 1916, this steamship was acquired by the Navy on 12 July 1918 and placed in commission the next day as USS Cauto (ID # 1538). She was decommissioned on 22 February 1919 and delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owners. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 425 pixels