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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 61686 USS Arethusa (1898-1927, later AO-7) Photographed circa 1898. This ship began conversion to a water carrier during the Spanish-American War, but was commissioned too late to see service in that confict. About a decade later, she became the U.S. Navy's first oiler. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 530 pixels

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Image posted 10 April 1998
Rescanned and reposted 21 August 2007