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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Hermes (1918-1926)

USS Hermes, a 340-ton patrol craft, was originally a German-flag auxiliary schooner built in Oakland, California, in 1914. Seized at Honolulu after the United States entered World War I, she was placed in Navy service and formally commissioned in April 1918. Hermes operated on anti-submarine patrols in the Hawaiian Islands, and in August-October 1918 made a cruise through the islands northwest of Hawaii. Ordered placed out of commission in January 1919, she was subsequently used by the territorial goverment of Hawaii and as an auxiliary by the Pacific Air Detachment until sold in October 1926.

This page features our only views of USS Hermes.

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Photo #: NH 101786

USS Hermes (1918-1926)


At Pearl Harbor, circa 1918. Ships in the background are USS Monadnock (BM-3) and probably USS Navajo (1908-1948).
This auxiliary schooner, built in 1914, was formerly a German vessel. Taken over at Honolulu under an executive order on 27 September 1917, she was soon put into service and formally commissioned on 1 April 1918 as USS Hermes. She was sold on 21 October 1926.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101785

USS Hermes (1918-1926)


At Pearl Harbor, circa 1918. Ships in the background are USS Monadnock (BM-3) and probably USS Navajo (1908-1948).
This auxiliary schooner, built in 1914, was formerly a German vessel. Taken over at Honolulu under an executive order on 27 September 1917, she was soon put into service and formally commissioned on 1 April 1918 as USS Hermes. She was sold on 21 October 1926.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 515 x 765 pixels

 


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


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