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Photo # NH 102141:  Schooner Priscilla in port, prior to World War I.


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Priscilla (American Schooner, 1884).
Delivered to the U.S. Navy as Priscilla (SP-44) in 1917

Priscilla, a 67-foot two-masted schooner, was built at Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1884. Used as a pleasure craft prior to World War I, in June 1917 she was delivered to the Navy with the Section Patrol registry number SP-44. However, she was not placed in service and, in December 1917, was returned to her owner.

This page features our only views of the schooner Priscilla, which was in Navy custody in 1917.


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Photo #: NH 102141

Priscilla
(American Schooner, 1884)

Photographed in port, prior to World War I.
This schooner was delivered to the Navy on 19 June 1917 under the registry number SP-44. However she was not taken into service and was returned to her owner on 17 December 1917.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds another view of the schooner Priscilla, taken before World War I. This photograph shows her from off the starboard side, at anchor with shoreline visible in the left background. A small boat is suspended just above her gunwale, amidships.
This print is mounted on the "SP" data card for Priscilla (SP-44).


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


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