U.S.S. Radnor

Port bow view of the U.S.S. Radnor. Inscribed on reverse: "RADNOR 1st Boat/ Capt.[George Comer] was in Worlds War/ Julia". Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. On mount, 8 x 10 in. Radnor was built in 1918 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania for the Cunard Steamship C...

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Main Author: Green, J.E. (Creator)
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport 1918
Subjects:
Steamships
Cargo ships
Ships
Radnor (Steamship)
United States. Navy
Arctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5255
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spelling ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:70002_5255 2023-05-15T15:00:06+02:00 U.S.S. Radnor Green, J.E. (Creator) East Haddam (Conn.) 1918 image/tiff http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5255 unknown Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport Source Note: Comer Collection 70002:5255 Accession number: 1983.25.13 local: ms_m021570.tif http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5255 Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic. Steamships Cargo ships Ships Radnor (Steamship) United States. Navy StillImage photographs 1918 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:16:42Z Port bow view of the U.S.S. Radnor. Inscribed on reverse: "RADNOR 1st Boat/ Capt.[George Comer] was in Worlds War/ Julia". Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. On mount, 8 x 10 in. Radnor was built in 1918 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania for the Cunard Steamship Company. She was requisitioned by the Navy, May 13, 1918 and used as a cargo ship during World War I. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) served as an officer on the Radnor for several months in 1918. Comer was a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam noted for his studies of Arctic peoples. "Julia" refers to Comer's wife, Julia Chipman Comer. Still Image Arctic Connecticut Digital Archive Arctic
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topic Steamships
Cargo ships
Ships
Radnor (Steamship)
United States. Navy
spellingShingle Steamships
Cargo ships
Ships
Radnor (Steamship)
United States. Navy
Green, J.E. (Creator)
U.S.S. Radnor
topic_facet Steamships
Cargo ships
Ships
Radnor (Steamship)
United States. Navy
description Port bow view of the U.S.S. Radnor. Inscribed on reverse: "RADNOR 1st Boat/ Capt.[George Comer] was in Worlds War/ Julia". Infrastructure Title supplied by cataloger. On mount, 8 x 10 in. Radnor was built in 1918 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania for the Cunard Steamship Company. She was requisitioned by the Navy, May 13, 1918 and used as a cargo ship during World War I. Captain George Comer (1858-1937) served as an officer on the Radnor for several months in 1918. Comer was a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam noted for his studies of Arctic peoples. "Julia" refers to Comer's wife, Julia Chipman Comer.
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author Green, J.E. (Creator)
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title U.S.S. Radnor
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publisher Ownership Statement: Mystic Seaport
publishDate 1918
url http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5255
op_coverage East Haddam (Conn.)
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op_relation Source Note: Comer Collection
70002:5255
Accession number: 1983.25.13
local: ms_m021570.tif
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:5255
op_rights Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
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