Name/Title
U.S.S. Lianga at Bordeaux.Entry/Object ID
2018.18.78Description
Black and white horizontal photograph of a cargo ship on a body of water (likely Garonne River). Printe caption reads: "U.S.S. LIANGA AT BORDEAUX."
The U.S.S. West Lianga was a cargo ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1918, assigned to the Navy Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) during World War I. In August of 1918 the ship took on a load of 6,882 tons of materiel for the United States Army and a deck-load of 32 trucks and departed for France, unloading her cargo at Bordeaux and returning to New York by October 1918.
Bordeaux (France) is a port city along the Garonne River.Acquisition
Accession
2018.18Source or Donor
Feack, PamelaAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Pamela Feack in memory of Floyd O. "Pa" and Samantha Minerva "Minnie, Ma" Saunders Burdick, Cecil May Burdick Goodwin, Grace Belle Burdick Yates, and Fern Ann Goodwin FeackMade/Created
Date made
1918 - 1918Notes
Date: between August and October 1918Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
2-3/8 inWidth
3-1/4 in
