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Photo #  NH 101832:  Freight boat Isle of Surry, circa 1917


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Isle of Surry (Freight Boat, 1911);
Later USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860), 1917-1919

Isle of Surry, a 38 gross ton wooden motor boat, was built at Crittenden, Virginia, in 1911 for civilian employment carrying freight in sheltered waters. To help support the Navy's World War I efforts, she was chartered and placed in commission in September 1917 as USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860, possibly initially SP-1860). Her Naval career was spent on supply duties in the Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay area. Isle of Surry was decommissioned and returned to her owners in January 1919.

This page features our only views of the freight boat Isle of Surry, later USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860).


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Photo #: NH 101832

Isle of Surry
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1911)

Photographed circa 1917.
This craft served as USS Isle of Surry (SP-1860) during 1917-19.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 99387

Isle of Surry
(American Freight Boat, 1911)

In port, possibly when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District on 20 September 1917, by which time she was already in Navy service.
This motor boat was taken over by the Navy under charter and placed in commission as USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860) on 18 September 1917. She was decommissioned and returned to her owners, W.P. Warren and W.T. Forrest of Rushmere, Virginia, on 31 January 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 395 pixels

 


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Page made 4 May 2001
New image added and text slightly altered 16 June 2004