Rhebal, a 52' 4" motor boat, was built at Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1917 for use as a pleasure craft. By August 1917, when the Navy took her over and placed her in commission as USS Rhebal (SP-1195), she was in the hands of owners in Boston, Massashusetts. During the First World War she was employed on section patrol duties in southern New England. Rhebal was returned to her owners in mid-January 1919.
This page features our only views of the motor boat Rhebal, which was USS Rhebal (SP-1195) during World War I.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical
Center holds one other photograph of the motor boat Rhebal,
possibly while she was in Navy hands, or shortly before or afterwards,
as a Navy officer is standing on the pier beside her. This view
was taken from off the boat's port bow while she was tied up
to a dock. Her name is visible on a board near the cockpit. |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 12 January 2003