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Photo #  NH 95862:  Motor boat Atlantis passing USS Maine, prior to World War I


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Atlantis (American Motor Boat, 1911).
Served as USS Atlantis (SP-40) in 1917-1919

Atlantis, a 60¾-foot motor boat, was built in 1911 at Greenport, Long Island, New York, for use as a pleasure craft. She was acquired by the Navy in early July 1917 and placed in commission as USS Atlantis (SP-40) late in September. For the next several months she had patrol duty in the Long Island Sound area. At the end of May 1918, Atlantis began a long voyage into the Great Lakes, by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal. She operated for the rest of World War I in Lake Huron, returning to East Coast in November 1918, immediately after the Armistice. Following further service in the vicinity of New York City, USS Atlantis was decommissioned in May 1919. She was sold in late October of that year.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Atlantis, which served as USS Atlantis (SP-40) during World War I.


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Photo #: NH 95862

Atlantis
(American Motor Boat, 1911)

Passing USS Maine (Battleship # 10), prior to World War I. Photographed by Paul Thompson, New York.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 2 July 1917 and placed in commission on 27 September of that year as USS Atlantis (SP-40). She was stricken from the Navy list on 7 July 1919 and later sold.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 585 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99339

Atlantis
(American Motor Boat, 1911)

Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 2 July 1917 and placed in commission on 27 September 1917 as USS Atlantis (SP-40). Decommissioned in May 1919, she was sold in October of that year.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


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


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Page made 3 November 2002
New image added 23 May 2004