DescriptionUSS Betelgeuse (AK-28) being converted from SS Mormaclark in June 1941.jpg
The former Moore McCormack Line freighter SS Mormaclark at the Brewer Ship Yard, Staten Island, New York (USA), on 6 June 1941, undergoing conversion to a U.S. Navy ship. She was commissioned as USS Betelgeuse (AK-28) on 14 June 1941. Note the neutrality markings on her side.
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SS Mormaclark (U.S. Freighter, 1939) At the Brewer Ship Yard, Staten Island, New York, 6 June 1941, undergoing conversion to a Navy ship. She was commissioned as USS Betelgeuse (AK-28) on 14 June 1941. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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SS Mormaclark (U.S. Freighter, 1939) At the Brewer Ship Yard, Staten Island, New York, 6 June 1941, undergoing conversion to a Navy ship. She was commissioned as USS Betelgeuse (AK-28) on 14 June 1941. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.