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That is the USS Prairie (AD-5) captured in this photo along with the Curtiss NC-1 at Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland in May 15-16, 1919. (It should also be noted that the photo is reversed - as evidenced by the backwards "1" on the hull of NC-1.) USS Prairie (AD-5) See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Prairie_(AD-5) NavSource Archives - USS Prairie (AD-5)

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The Curtiss NC-1 (BuNo A-2291) is actually next to the USS Aroostook (ID-1256) at Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. Here is a link to British Pathe newsreel footage of the NC-1 and USS Aroostook at CriticalPast: www.criticalpast.com/video/65675068003_first-transatlanti... See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Aroostook_(CM-3)

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US Navy ships in Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland there to support the Curtiss NC flying boats' transatlantic attempt. They are from front to back, (still in wartime dazzle camouflage) the tanker USS Hisko (ID-1953), USS Upshur (DD-144) (adjacent to Hisko), USS Aroostook (ID-1256), and USS Prairie (AD-5). See: www.navsource.org/archives/11/0603.htm www.navsource.org/archives/09/03/0305.htm

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