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Photo # NH 102347:  USS Vencedor in an icy port during World War I

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USS Vencedor (SP-669), 1917-1919.
Previously the Motor Boat Tekla and Vencedor (1909)

USS Vencedor, a 90 foot long section patrol vessel, was built in 1909 at Neponset, Massachusetts, as the motor pleasure boat Tekla. Later renamed Vencedor, she was leased to the Navy in June 1917 and placed in commission in late August of that year. She served on harbor patrol, dispatch and target towing duties in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I and for a few months following the 11 November 1918 Armistice. USS Vencedor was decommissioned in late February 1919 and returned to her owner.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Vencedor (SP-669), and the motor boat Vencedor of 1909.


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Photo #: NH 102346

Vencedor
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Photographed prior to World War I. She was originally named Tekla.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 19 June 1917 and placed in commission as USS Vencedor (SP-669) on 30 August 1917. She was returned to her owner on 25 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102347

USS Vencedor
(SP-669)

Photographed in an icy port during World War I.
Built in 1909 and originally named Tekla, this pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 19 June 1917 and placed in commission on 30 August 1917. She was returned to her owner on 25 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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