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Photo #  NH 94472:  Motor boat Desire, prior to her World War I Navy service


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Desire (American Motor Boat, 1913).
Was USS Desire (SP-786) in 1917-1919

Desire, a 90-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1913 by J.W. Munn of Galveston, Texas. She was leased by the Navy in June 1917 and placed in commission as USS Desire (SP-786). Assigned to the Fifth Naval District, she performed patrol and transport service for the rest of World War I. The craft was decommissioned and returned to her owner, Clifford Abeles of St. Louis, Missouri, early in January 1919.

This page features the only view we have concerning the motor pleasure boat Desire, which was USS Desire (SP-786) in 1917-1919.


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Photo #: NH 94473

Desire
(American Motor Boat, 1913)

Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service, probably in a Caribbean area port. Note the bunch of bananas hanging by her bow.
This pleasure craft served as USS Desire (SP-786) from June 1917 to early January 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 94472

Desire
(American Motor Boat, 1913)

Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This pleasure craft served as USS Desire (SP-786) from June 1917 to early January 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 


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


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