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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Emerald (SP-177), 1917-1918
The patrol ship USS Emerald was built in 1916 by Pusey
& Jones of Wilmington, Delaware, as a 198 gross ton steam yacht.
She was taken over by the Navy in July 1917 and placed in commission
at that time. For the rest of World War I, Emerald served
in the Delaware Bay area, conducting harbor entrance patrols.
She was returned to her owner, Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in December 1918.
This page features all the views we have concerning USS
Emerald (SP-177).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 54369
USS Emerald (SP-177)
At anchor, with laundry drying on her foremast rigging, circa
1918.
The stern of a submarine chaser (SC) is visible in the left background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 54370
USS Emerald (SP-177)
In harbor, circa 1918.
A four-masted schooner is in the left background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101703
USS Emerald (SP-177)
Operating in the ice, circa winter 1917-1918.
Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, this steam yacht
was placed in commission on 23 July 1917. She was returned to
her owner on 12 December 1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101704
USS Emerald (SP-177)
Operating in the ice, circa winter 1917-1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 33KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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USS Emerald is seen in the left background of the
following view of another ship:
Photo #: NH 55839
USS McKeever Brothers (SP-683)
Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during World War I.
In the extreme left background is USS Emerald (SP-177).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 600 pixels |
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