Keywords: Ташкент.jpg S S Tashkent Soviet Freighter 1914 At anchor in San Francisco Bay California during World War II Built in 1914 as the American flag freighter Iowan this ship was USS Iowan ID 3002 in 1917-1919 and then reverted to commercial operation under the same name She was turned over to the Soviet Union on 26 December 1942 In the late 1950s she was reportedly transferred to North Korea U S Naval Historical Center Photograph Ташкент Дальневосточное мо ское па оходство http //www history navy mil/photos/images/h89000/h89976 jpg U S Naval Historical Center Photo NH 89976 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Tashkent ship 1914 Black and white photographs |