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Photo #  NH 95898:  Motor boat Ahdeek hauled out of the water, circa 1916-17


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Ahdeek (American Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS Ahdeek (SP-2589) in 1918-1919

Ahdeek, a 38-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1916 at Morris Heights, New York. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in September 1918 and served into the next year as USS Ahdeek (SP-2589), probably in the New York area. In June 1919 she was ordered sent to the Culver Military Academy, in Indiana, where she apparently remained for many years, on loan from the Navy. Ahdeek was finally stricken from the list of Naval vessels in October 1933.

This page features our only view of the motor boat Ahdeek, which was USS Ahdeek (SP-2589) in 1918-19.


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Photo #: NH 95898

Ahdeek
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1916)

Hauled out of the water, circa 1916-1918. She was acquired by the Navy on 2 September 1918 and served during World War I and in the early post-war era as USS Ahdeek (SP-2589). Loaned to the Culver Military Academy on 23 June 1919, this craft was stricken from the Navy list on 25 October 1933.

The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


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