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Photo #  NH 102252:  Steam yacht Talofa prior to World War I


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Talofa (American Steam Yacht, 1910).
Served as USS Talofa (SP-1016) in 1917-1919

Talofa, a 101-foot steam yacht, was built in 1910 at Neponset, Massachusetts. Chartered by the Navy in April 1917, she was commissioned as USS Talofa (SP-1016) shortly afterwards and served in New England waters during, and shortly after, World War I. The craft was returned to her owner in, or about, April 1919.

This page features our only view of the yacht Talofa, which was USS Talofa (SP-1016) in 1917-1919.


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Photo #: NH 102252

Talofa
(American Steam Yacht, 1910)

Photographed prior to World War I.
This small yacht was leased by the Navy on 28 April 1917 and commissioned on 8 May 1917 as USS Talfoa (SP-1016). She was returned to her owner on or before 24 April 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)

"Uncle Sam's Ships"

Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.

Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels

 


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