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Photo #  NH 100878:  Motor boat Corinthia underway, prior to World War I


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Corinthia (American Motor Boat, 1909).
Served as USS Corinthia (SP-938) in 1917-1918.

Corinthia, an 85-foot steel-hulled motor pleasure boat, was built in 1909 by Charles Seabury & Company of Morris Heights, New York. Leased by the Navy for World War I service, she was placed in commission as USS Corinthia (SP-938) in May 1917. For the rest of World War I the Eighth Naval District used her for patrol service along the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. She was returned to her owner in December 1918.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Corinthia, which was USS Corinthia (SP-938) in 1917-1918.


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Photo #: NH 100878

Corinthia
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Underway prior to World War I.
Leased by the Navy for wartime service, this pleasure craft served as USS Corinthia (SP-938) between May 1917 and December 1918.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100877

Corinthia
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Photographed by H.J. Harvey, of New Orleans, Louisiana, prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft was leased by the Navy for World War I service and placed in commission on 14 May 1917 as USS Corinthia (SP-938). She was returned to her owner on 7 December 1918.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 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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