Payne, Jerome B. letter - handwritten     Page 1: "W.E. Gordon -- Dear Sir -- Your letter received, but as I was in the Navy and not the Army, I cannot fill out the card. I enlisted in the Navy on June 14th 1917 and Served on board the U.S.S. Huron, an Army transport, and made on trip to 'St. Nazaire,' France carrying troops. I was then transferred to the U.S.S. Lake Bridge,..." Page 2: "...a Supply Ship, where I Served a Short time when I was transferred to the U.S.S. Rochester, a Cruiser doing convoy duty and made about nine trips over doing convoy duty and only had the Experience of meeting a German Submarine once and that was at at night while we were off the coast of Ireland. We were attacked by two of them. After The Armistice was signed we came back to Boston Navy Yard where I was discharged on Dec. 23rd, 1918. This is about all I can tell you of my service now. I remain Sincerely Yours Jerome B. Payne 222-8th Avenue Astoria L.I."     NOTES Letter on 3 sheets of paper Huron (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) -- formerly the Friedrich der Grosse (Frederick the Great), interned, later seized by the U.S. Navy, and renamed http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/huron-iii.htm USS Lake Bridge (ID # 2990), 1918-1919. Previously War Rifle (American Freighter, 1917) (U.S. Navy Department. Naval Historical Center http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/id2990.htm Rochester [I] (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rochester-i.htm The Navy Yard (Charlestown Online,net) http://www.charlestownonline.net/navyyard.htm