Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Original Machine Guns as well as a great

as well as a great example of a well-engineered centerfire conversion

At a young age his family moved to Goshen

They are made to the same dimensions as the legendary German 8mm Mauser rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge

Unfortunately the plates are missing the portion above the upper screw on both sides

There are moth nips present as well as staining

Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Original Machine Guns as well as a greatOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The USS Saranac was the Old Dominion Steamship Company Hamilton temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. John Roach & Sons launched Hamilton at Chester, Pennsylvania in 1899. Hamilton steamed between Norfolk, Virginia and New York City until The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Old Dominion Steamship Company in 1917. She was fitted out for United States Navy