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Negative dated 4-24-19. The former SS Cleveland, Hamburg America Line: "Service was suspended during World War I, during which Cleveland was kept at Hamburg. After that, the Cleveland was seized by the United States Government under Germany's reparations for the war, and in 1919 it was renamed USS Mobile (ID-4030)." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cleveland "This former German passenger liner was in commission as a Navy troop transport from March to November 1919. " www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerica... Navy historical photos www.history.navy.mil/search.html?q=4043+mobile&category=

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Account of Mobile's arrival in New York, April 23, 1919 states 2,973 returning troops aboard, principally 130th Field Artillery, a Kansas unit of the 35th Division. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A00EED71238EE...

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Thanks Art Siegel, we'll update the catalog record.

Left side of the frame is Wilmer "Bill" Stultz, next to him is Amelia Earhart, Capitain of the SS President Roosevelt Harry Manning, and Lou Gordon, second from right.

Given the date inscribed on the negative, "10/28/25", and "President Harding" caption, this is the ship SS President Harding, arriving in New York Harbor after it rescued 28 members of the crew of the Italian freighter, SS Ignazio Florio in the North Atlantic, on October 21, 1925. The Italian freighter was floundering and suffering a list of 30-degrees in rough seas when the President Harding came upon her, and was able to rescue 28 souls before the Italian ship sunk below the ocean's surface. See: "How an Invisible Lifeline Rescues Men from the Sea - A Story of Heroism Made Possible by Wireless", Page 11, Popular Science Monthly, January 1926 See also (unfortunately behind a pay wall): "CHEERS GREET LINER AND 28 SHE RESCUED; President Harding Arrives Four Days Late, Bringing Crew of Freighter Saved in Storm. DEATH NEAR DURING GALE Italian Ship Nearly on Beam Ends When Help Arrived -- Officer Describes the Rescue. CHEERS GREET LINER AND 28 SHE RESCUED", October 28, 1925, The New York Times, Page 1. www.nytimes.com/1925/10/28/archives/cheers-greet-liner-an... "SAVES 38 AT SEA FROM SINKING SHIP; President Harding's Captain Rescues Freighter's Crew in Third Attempt", October 22, 1925, The New York Times, Page 27. www.nytimes.com/1925/10/22/archives/saves-38-at-sea-from-...

Thanks for explaining why this photo was taken TVL1970. We'll update the catalog record.