Satellite, a 87-foot steam-powered pleasure craft built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1887, was taken over by the Navy in June 1917. Placed in commission as USS Satellite (SP-1012) in September of that year, she performed training duties at Key West, Florida, until April 1918 when she was taken out of service for repairs. However, problems with her boiler persisted and Satellite remained inactive until March 1920, when she was stricken from the list of Navy vessels. She was subsequently scrapped.
This page features our only views of the steam boat Satellite, which served as USS Satellite (SP-1012) in 1917-1920.
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 view of the motor boat Satellite,
taken prior to her Naval service. |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 30 March 2003