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Photo #  NH 102343:  Motor boat Vaud J., prior to World War I


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Vaud J. (American Motor Boat, 1907).
Served in the U.S. Navy as Vaud J. (SP-3361) in 1918-1919

Vaud J., a 101-foot motor boat, was built in 1907 at Wildwood, New Jersey, for use as a pleasure craft. Though rejected for Navy service when first inspected in April 1917, she was reevaluated in September 1918 and taken over at that time. Placed in service as Vaud J. (SP-3361), she was subsequently employed at the Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head, Maryland. The boat was sold at the end of June 1919 and returned to civilian pursuits, operating in the Chesapeake Bay region and, after the mid-1920s, in the Delaware Bay area. Vaud J. was apparently discarded in about 1932.

This page features our only view of the motor boat Vaud J., which served in the U.S. Navy as Vaud J. (SP-3361) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 102343

Vaud J.
(American Motor Boat, 1907)

Photographed prior to World War I, with interurban railroad cars behind her.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 17 September 1918. Following service as USS Vaud J. (SP-3361), she was sold on 30 June 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 425 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds another pre-World War I view of the motor boat Vaud J., taken from off her starboard bow while she was alongside a small pier.
This photograph is mounted on the "SP" data card for Vaud J. (SP-3361).


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


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Page made 16 December 2003