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Photo #  NH 99503:  Motor boat Killarney alongside a Great Lakes dock, prior to World War I


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Killarney (Motor Boat, 1910).
Served as USS Killarney (SP-219) in 1917-1919

Killarney, a 64' 10" motor boat built in 1910 at Bay City, Michigan, by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works, was used prior to World War I as a pleasure craft on the Great Lakes. The Navy purchased her in April 1917 for conversion to a patrol boat. Commissioned in the following June as USS Killarney (SP-219), she operated in the Saint Mary's River between Lakes Huron and Superior until the autumn of that year, then shifted to the Saint Clair River, near Detroit. She was transferred to the Detroit Naval Training Camp in March 1919 and apparently left active service in August. Killarney was sold in December 1919.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Killarney, which was USS Killarney (SP-219) in 1917-1919.


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Photo #: NH 99503

Killarney
(American Motor Boat, 1910)

Alongside a Great Lakes dock, prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft served as USS Killarney (SP-219) in 1917-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 420 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101962

Killarney
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1910)

Photograph dated 16 April 1917, possibly taken during a preliminary Navy inspection prior to her being taken over for World War I service. She served as USS Killarney (SP-219) in 1917-19.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


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Page made 21 June 2001
New image added 31 August 2004