Army transport steamship AMERICA sunk at Pier 3, Hoboken, NJ, October 14, 1918

gelatin silver print

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "6471", and in negative lower left "OCT. 18, 1918, and on album page "S.S. 'AMERICA'/ SUNK AT PIER (3) HOBOKEN, N.J./ OCT. 14, 1918."; army transport steamship AMERICA sunk at Pier 3, Hoboken, NJ, October 18, 1918; Baltimore & Ohio Railroad vessel in Hudson River in background; see accession file for article about the accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.342-375.