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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Motor Boat Ionita (1914);
Later USS Ionita (SP-388), 1917-1919
Ionita, a 55-foot motor boat, was built in 1914 at Trenton,
Michigan, for use as a pleasure craft on the Great Lakes. Acquired
by the Navy in August 1917 and commissioned as USS Ionita
(SP-388) a month later, she was employed for patrol duties in
the Detroit River area. Following the end of World War I, Ionita
served at the Naval Training Camp, Detroit. She was sold in November
1919.
This page features all the views we have related to the motor boat Ionita and to USS Ionita (SP-388).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101831
Ionita (U.S. Motor Boat, 1914)
Underway circa 1914-17, probably in the vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan.
This craft served as USS Ionita (SP-388) during 1917-19.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
![](../../images/i01000/i01831t.jpg) |
Photo #: NH 101828
Ionita (U.S. Motor Boat, 1914)
Underway circa 1914-17, probably in the vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan.
This craft served as USS Ionita (SP-388) during 1917-19.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 490 pixels |
![](../../images/i01000/i01828t.jpg) |
Photo #: NH 101830
Ionita (U.S. Motor Boat, 1914)
Underway circa 1914-17, probably in the vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan.
This craft served as USS Ionita (SP-388) during 1917-19.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 475 pixels |
![](../../images/i01000/i01830t.jpg) |
Photo #: NH 101829
Ionita (U.S. Motor Boat, 1914)
Underway circa 1914-17, probably in the vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan.
This craft served as USS Ionita (SP-388) during 1917-19.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 475 pixels |
![](../../images/i01000/i01829t.jpg) |
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Page made 24 April 2001
Text corrected 16 May 2004