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Photo #  NH 99983:  Motor boat Nemes in port prior to World War I


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Nemes (Motor Boat, 1909).
Served as USS Nemes (SP-424) in 1917

Nemes, a 50-foot motor pleasure boat, was built by Van Deise at Camden, New Jersey, in 1909. In July 1917, when she was owned by J.C. Noblit of Germantown, Pennsylvania, the craft was acquired by the Navy and placed in service as USS Nemes (SP-424). Sent south to Key West, Florida, for World War I patrol duty, Nemes had spent just over a month in Navy hands when, on 21 August 1917, she was accidently destroyed by an explosion and subsequent fire.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Nemes, which was briefly USS Nemes (SP-424) in 1917.


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Photo #: NH 99983

Nemes
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

In port, dressed with flags, prior to World War I.
Built by Van Deise of Camden, New Jersey, this pleasure craft briefly served as USS Nemes (SP-424) before she was destroyed by an accidental explosion and fire on 21 August 1917.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102060

Nemes
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Photographed prior to World War I.
Acquired by the Navy on 10 July 1917 and commissioned as USS Nemes (SP-424), this craft was destroyed by an accidental explosion and fire on 21 August 1917.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 41KB; 740 x 465 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 26 May 2002
New image added 31 January 2005