4072614 Group of Nurses aboard the SS Red Cross at the start of World War I, New York, 1914 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the outbreak of the Great War, the American Red Cross announced an appeal to fund a hospital relief ship to Europe providing medical aid for casualties on both sides. Launched on September 12th 1914, the SS Red Cross was known as the ???ercy Ship??).