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Photo #: NH 93996 USS Hancock (1902-1926, later AP-3), at left Tied up at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, circa May 1908, while serving as Receiving Ship there. Tug Narkeeta (Steam Tug # 3, later YT-3) is passing by in the right foreground. Beyond Hancock is a smokestack of USS Baltimore, then laid up in reserve, the Executive Office, then the Marine Barracks. Note that Hancock's sides, amidships and aft, have been built up for receiving ship service. Courtesy of M.S. Brainard, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 465 pixels

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Image posted 20 March 2007