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Photo #  NH 102178:  Motor boat Sans Souci II, prior to World War I


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Sans Souci II (American Motor Boat, 1907).
Served as USS Sans Souci II (SP-301) in 1917-1919

Sans Souci II, a 50-foot motor boat, was built at Seattle, Washington, in 1907 as a pleasure craft. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in July 1917 and placed in commission at the beginning of the next month as USS Sans Souci II (SP-301). During the remainder of World War I, she served on patrol duties in the Puget Sound area, and was also used as a tender to the Puget Sound Navy Yard's Receiving Ship, USS Philadelphia. Inactive after late December 1918, she was stricken from the Navy list in February 1919 and returned to her owner. She subsquently was used as a pleasure craft until the early 1930s.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Sans Souci II, which served as USS Sans Souci II (SP-301) during the World War I era.


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

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Photo #: NH 102178

Sans Souci II
(American Motor Boat, 1907)

Photographed prior to her World War I Naval Service.
She was acquired by the Navy on 9 July 1917 and commissioned on 1 August 1917 as USS Sans Souci II (SP-301). Following World War I service, she was returned to her owner on 7 February1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 430 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102179

Sans Souci II
(American Motor Boat, 1907)

Underway, prior to her World War I Naval Service.
Acquired by the Navy on 9 July 1917, this craft was commissioned on 1 August 1917 as USS Sans Souci II (SP-301) and returned to her owner on 7 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 460 x 765 pixels

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds one other view of the motor boat Sans Souci II, taken prior to her Naval service.
This photograph was taken from off the vessel's port side, while she was near a wooded shoreline.
The original print, which bears pencil notations concerning the location of armament, is mounted on the "SP" data card for Sans Souci II (SP-301).


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


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