LT. GEO. H. LYON, SC. PHOTOGRAPHER captures an image of the converted transport ship "Ohioan" as it departs for France on Feb. 4, 1919. The vessel, initially a freighter, has been transformed to house 1,700 troops, with former cargo areas now serving as soldier accommodations. The conversion process took approximately two months at Pier 9 in Hoboken,

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