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| Keywords: Cargo ship USS Ophir (ID 2800) burning at Gibraltar in November 1918.jpg The U S Navy cargo ship USS Ophir ID 2800 burning at Gibraltar in November 1918 Ophir caught fire and burned for three days before sinking at Gibraltar on Armistice Day 11 November 1918 The original photo caption reads Mustard Gas Escaping <br>USS Ophir a 8905-ton displacement cargo ship was built in 1904 at Flushing The Netherlands as the 4726 gross ton Dutch flag passenger-cargo ship of the same name She was seized by the U S Government at Pearl Harbor in March 1918 turned over to the U S Navy and commissioned later in that month Ophir left Hawaii in early April and steamed to the East Coast then crossed the Atlantic to France where she arrived in early June After returning to the U S she made two more round-trip voyages to France and began a third in late October While en route to Marseilles Ophir caught fire and during the next three days was devastated by flames and explosions finally sinking at Gibraltar on 11 November the day the Armistice ended World War I's fighting Following salvage and basic repairs she was placed in temporary commission in mid-November 1919 In mid-January 1920 soon after arriving at an East Coast port USS Ophir was decommissioned and transferred to the War Department Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-91000/NH-91190 html NH 91190 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1918-11 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy World War I ships of the United States Gibraltar in the 1910s Burning ships | ||||
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