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Photo #  NH 95896:  Motor boat Anton Dohrn underway at Tortugas, Florida, July 1916


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Anton Dohrn (American Motor Boat, 1911).
Served as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086) in 1917-1919

Anton Dohrn, a 71-foot motor boat, was built in 1911 at Miami, Florida, for use as a pleasure craft. Leased by the Navy at the end of July 1917 for a dollar a year, she was placed in commission in early October 1917 as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086) and served as a patrol craft along Florida's northeastern coast for the the remainder of World War I. In early January 1919, less than two months after the Armistice ended the fighting, Anton Dohrn was returned to her owner.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Anton Dohrn, which served as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086) during World War I.


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Photo #: NH 95896

Anton Dohrn
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1911)

Underway at Tortugas, Florida, July 1916.
This craft was acquired by the Navy on 31 July 1917 and commissioned on 5 October 1917 as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086). Following World War I service, she was returned to her owner on 2 January 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100897

Anton Dohrn
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1911)

Underway prior to World War I.
She was acquired by the Navy on 31 July 1917, commissioned on 5 October 1917 as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086), and returned to her owner on 2 January 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 415 pixels

 


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


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