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Photo # NH 99320:  Motor boat Edith M. III prior to World War I

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USS Edith M. III (SP-196), 1917-1919.
Previously the civilian motor boat Edith M. III.

USS Edith M. III, a 59-foot motor boat, was built in 1909 at Croton-on-the-Hudson, New York, as a civilian craft. She was purchased by the Navy and placed in commission in June 1917. For the rest of World War I she served in the New York Harbor area on transportation duties. Edith M. III was decommissioned in May 1919 and sold in early July of that year.

This page features our only views of USS Edith M. III (SP-196) and of the civilian motor boat Edith M. III.


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Photo #: NH 99320

Edith M. III
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken prior to World War I, showing the craft flying a large banner featuring her name and with her deck crowded with people.
She served as USS Edith M. III (SP-196) in 1917-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 


The following image shows USS Edith M. III (SP-196) on the left side of a photograph of another vessel. Note that only a small amount of her bow is visible.

Photo #: NH 102168

USS Rutoma (SP-78)


In port during World War I.
USS Edith M. III (SP-196) is partially visible at left.
Built in 1910 and previously named Manchonak, the motor pleasure boat Rutoma was acquired by the Navy on 30 April 1917 and commissioned on 26 June 1917. She was stricken on 13 June 1919 and sold on 16 September 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 


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


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Page made 30 March 2003
New image added 12 May 2004