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Photo # NH 45261:  USS Vitesse underway at low speed, circa 1918

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USS Vitesse (SP-1192), 1917-1918

USS Vitesse, a 60-foot patrol boat, was built in 1917 at Greenport, Long Island, New York, for a private owner. One of several similar craft constructed at that time by the same builder, she was probably a result of the National "Preparedness" movement that arose in the months prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. Leased by the Navy in July 1917, she was placed in commission at that time and soon began patrol duties out of Cape May, New Jersey. Vitesse spent her entire service in the Delaware Bay and Delaware River area. She was decommissioned in early December 1918 and returned to her owner.

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Photo #: NH 89763

USS Vitesse
(SP-1192)

Probably taken at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, while being fitted for Navy use, circa August 1917.
Note the unfinished "S.P." number on her bow, absence of guns on board, and "Menhaden Fisherman" type trawlers in the background.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 45261

USS Vitesse
(SP-1192)

Underway at low speed, circa 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 41KB; 740 x 550 pixels

 


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