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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Delaware (SP-467, later AT-53 and YT-111), 1917-1935.
Renamed SP-467 in 1918
USS Delaware, a 242 gross ton minesweeper, was built
in 1913 at Pocomoke City, Maryland, by E. James Tull as the commercial
fishing vessel of the same name. She was acquired by the Navy
in May 1917, placed in commission later in that month, and formally
purchased in August 1917 from the Delaware Fish Oil Company of
Lewes, Delaware. Renamed SP-467 in 1918, presumably to
avoid confusion with the battleship Delaware,
she spent the World War I era operating in the vicinity of Delaware
Bay. Redesignated AT-53 in July 1920, and YT-111 a year later,
the ship went to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at about that time and
was stationed there well into the 1930s. During those years she
was listed in contemporary Navy publications as Delaware,
though this may not have represented an official name change.
She was sold in April 1935.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Delaware (SP-467, later AT-53 and YT-111), which was renamed
SP-467 in 1918.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 47019
USS SP-467
In harbor, during World War I.
This vessel was originally the civilian Delaware.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 47018
USS SP-467
Underway in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa 1920.
This vessel, originally the civilian Delaware, later became
AT-53 and YT-111.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 96089
USS SP-467
In Drydock Number 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, circa
1920-1921.
A former "menhaden" fishing vessel built in 1913, this
ship was acquired by the Navy on 5 May 1917 and commissioned
on 22 May 1917 as USS Delaware (SP-467). She lost her
name in 1918, becoming USS SP-467, and during the early
1920s was redesignated AT-53 and YT-111.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 89791
USS SP-467
In Drydock Number 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Hawaii, circa
1920-1921.
Originally the civilian Delaware, this ship also served
in the Navy as AT-53 and YT-111.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 107070
USS Delaware (SP-467)
Signalman using semaphore flags atop the ship's pilothouse, circa 1917-1918. Location is probably in the Delaware River or Delaware Bay area.
Note Delaware's name board in the foreground. This ship was renamed SP-467 in 1918 and was later redesignated AT-53 and YT-111.
Copied from the Donald R. Cochran album (Lot S-591), page 6.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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For another view of a signalman on USS Delaware (SP-467) that is very similar to Photo # NH 107070 (shown above), see PAGE 6 of:
Donald R. Cochran's ... Photo Album, 1917-1919 (Naval History and Heritage Command Photographic Lot # S-591).
NOTES:
To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here
are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded
and used for any purpose.
Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines
citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center".
Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval
History and Heritage Command".
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Page made 30 April 2005
New image added 6 October 2010