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Photo #  NH 102265:  Motor boat Tuna ready for launching, at Baltimore, Md., 1911


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Tuna (American Motor Boat, 1908).
Served as USS Tuna (SP-664) in 1917-1919

Tuna, a 98-foot motor boat, was built in 1911 at Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a pleasure craft. She was leased by the Navy, commissioned as USS Tuna (SP-664) in June 1917, and employed on patrol duties in the vicinity of Long Island and Martha's Vinyard. No longer needed after the end of World War I, Tuna was returned to her owner in January 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Tuna of 1911 and USS Tuna (SP-664).


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

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Photo #: NH 102265

Tuna
(American Motor Boat, 1911)

Ready for launching, at the Neilson Yacht Building Company yard, Baltimore, Maryland, 1911.
This craft was acquired by the Navy on 11 June 1917 and commissioned the next day as USS Tuna (SP-664). She was returned to her owner on 11 January 1919.
Note the large U.S. Yacht Ensign flying from Tuna's stern.

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

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 475 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 106242

USS Tuna
(SP-664)

In a northeastern U.S. harbor, 1917.
This image was printed on post card stock, with a message sent in 1917 to Miss Helen Fultz of Winchester, Massachusetts. See Photo # NH 106242-A-KN for a reproduction of the card's reverse, containing that message.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 106242-A-KN (color)

USS Tuna (SP-664)

Reverse of a post card sent in 1917 to Miss Helen Fultz of Winchester, Massachusetts, by a member of Tuna's crew.
See Photo # NH 106242 for a reproduction of the card's front, featuring a photograph of Tuna in a northeastern U.S. harbor.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval History and Heritage Command holds one other pre-World War I photograph of the motor boat Tuna. The view, taken from off her stern and somewhat to port, shows her hauled out of the water on a marine railway, with awning frames installed over her after deck.
This print is mounted on the "SP" data card for USS Tuna (SP-664).


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


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Page made 10 December 2003
New images added 11 January 2009