Boothbay, a 334 gross ton coastal ferry steamer, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1907. In late 1917, when she was based at Boston, Massachusetts, she was commandeered by the Navy and placed in commission in mid-December as USS Boothbay (ID # 1708). For the remainder of World War I, and for more than a decade afterwards, she was employed carrying personnel and materiel between the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., and the Ordnance facilities at Indian Head, Maryland, and Dahlgren, Virginia. Renamed Grampus in November 1920, the ferry was decommissioned in December 1930 and later sold to a Norfolk, Virginia, shipowner.
This page features our only views of the ferry Boothbay and of USS Boothbay (ID # 1708) and USS Grampus.
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Photo #: NH 89789 S.S. Boothbay (American Ferryboat, 1907) Photographed prior to her Navy service. Commissioned as USS Boothbay (ID # 1708) on 14 December 1917, she was renamed Grampus in November 1920 and decommissioned on 30 December 1930. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-454990 Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia Aerial view of the main part of the Navy Yard, looking north (and a little west) from over the Anacostia River, 18 December 1918. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Anacostia airplane. Note construction work in the Yard's eastern extension, to the right. Ferry steamer Boothbay (ID # 1708), which was later renamed Grampus, is in the lower right center, with USS Shuttle (ID # 3572) immediately off her bow (further to the right). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Page made 16 June 2004
Photo caption updated 19 August 2004