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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Celeritas (American Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS Celeritas (SP-665) in 1917-1919
Celeritas, a 60.5-foot high-speed (30 miles per hour)
motor pleasure boat, was built in 1916 by Robert Jacobs of City
Island, New York. In late May 1917 she was acquired by the Navy
from her owner, R.B. Myer of New York City, and placed in commission
as USS Celeritas (SP-665). For the remainder of World War
I the craft was used for patrol service in southern New England
waters. She was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in mid-May
1919 and sold in June of that year.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
motor boat Celeritas, which served as USS Celeritas
(SP-665) in 1917-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101389
Celeritas (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway at high speed, circa 1916-1917.
Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York.
Built by Robert Jacobs of City Island New York, and owned by
R.B. Meyer of New York City, this fast (30 miles per hour) pleasure
craft was acquired by the Navy on 28 May 1917 and commissioned
one day later as USS Celeritas (SP-665). Following World
War I service she was stricken on 17 May 1919 and sold on 25
June 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 530 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99964
Celeritas (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, probably in the vicinity of New York City, in 1916-1917.
Built by Robert Jacobs of City Island, New York, and owned by
R. B. Meyer of New York City, this craft was acquired by the
Navy on 28 May 1917 and placed in commission a day later as USS
Celeritas (SP-665). She was stricken on 17 May 1919 and
sold on 25 June 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 390 pixels |
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