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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 --
Mauna Loa (Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) in 1917-1918
Mauna Loa, a 55-foot motor boat, was built in 1916 as
a pleasure craft at Neponset, Massachusetts, by the George Lawley
company. In May 1917, soon after the United States entered World
War I, she was leased by the Navy and placed in commission as
USS Mauna Loa (SP-28). Operated in Northern New England
(First Naval District) waters through the rest of the conflict,
she was decommissioned and returned to her owner in early December
1918.
This page features our only views of the motor boat Mauna
Loa, which was USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) during 1917-18.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 99595
Mauna Loa (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, circa 1916.
This pleasure craft served as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) in
1917-1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102022
Mauna Loa (U.S. Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway in harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service. A
U.S. Navy destroyer is in the left background.
Photographed by Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut.
She was acquired by the Navy on 10 May 1917 and commissioned
a day later as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28). After World War
I service, she was returned to her owner on 5 December 1918.
Note the interesting flag flown from her jackstaff.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102023
Mauna Loa (U.S. Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway in harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service.
Photographed by Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut.
She was acquired by the Navy on 10 May 1917 and commissioned
a day later as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28). After World War
I service, she was returned to her owner on 5 December 1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 530 pixels |
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Page made 19 January 2002
New image added 6 October 2004