USS Princess Matoika

WW1 troop carrier

Fred H. Nugent servered as a seaman in the US Navy aboard this vessel durring World War One. This ship made the Atlantic crossing between the USA nd France with US troups.

20 December 1918
St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France
National Archives Ref Nbr: 111-SC-48790
Photographer: J. M. Lilles S.C.
Men of the 43rd Railway Artillery going aboard Princess Matoika
headed back to the United States

20 December 1918
St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France
National Archives Ref Nbr: 111-SC-48792
Photographer: J. M. Lilles S.C.
Princess Matoika entering locks in St. Nazaire, France

NYC newspaper article about the Princess Matoika in late May, 1918.
The Great War of 1914-1918 delayed the Olympic Games of 1916 which had been scheduled for Berlin, but the games resumed after an eight-year absence on 20 April 1920 in Antwerp.

New York Times newspaper article about the Princess Matoika on January 30, 1921.