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Photo #  NH 101984:  Motor boat Marjorie M., photographed circa 1917


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Marjorie M. (Motor Boat, 1912).
Served as USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080) in 1917-18

Marjorie M., a 32-foot "runabout" type motor boat, was built in 1912 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a pleasure craft. She was leased by the Navy in August 1917 and simultaneously placed in service as USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080). During World War I, she was employed as a patrol craft in the Ninth Naval District, operating in the Great Lakes area. In late November 1918, soon after the end of the conflict, she was returned to her owner.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Marjorie M., later USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080).


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Photo #: NH 101984

Marjorie M.
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1912)

Photographed circa 1917. Note Navy officer and four sailors in her cockpit, indicating that the photograph was taken at about the time the Navy took her over.
She was commissioned on 18 August 1917 as USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080) and was returned to her owner on 23 November 1918.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99677

Marjorie M.
(American Motor Boat, 1912)

Off a Great Lakes area cottage, prior to World War I.
This "runabout" type pleasure craft served as USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080) in 1917-1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 500 pixels

 


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


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Page made 9 September 2001
New image added 6 November 2004