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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Idylease (SP-119), 1917-1919.
Previously Civilian Motor Boat Idylease (1916)
USS Idylease, a 65-foot patrol boat, was built at City
Island, New York, in 1916 as the civilian pleasure motor boat
of the same name. She was acquired by the Navy in June 1917 and
commissioned in the following month. Idylease served for
the rest of World War I and during the initial post-war months
in the Fifth Naval District, performing patrol and inspection
duties in the vicinity of Hampton Roads and Norfook, Virginia.
She was returned to her owner at the end of April 1919.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
Idylease (SP-119) and the civilian motor boat Idylease.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 99378
Idylease (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Probably in New York Harbor, circa 1916-1917.
This pleasure craft served as USS Idylease (SP-119) in
1917-1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Note: Both of the following photographs show USS Idylease
in the background of views of other craft.
Photo #: NH 102216
USS Sayona II (SP-1109)
In a Fifth Naval District port, circa 1917-1919.
The motor boat Sayona II, built in 1907, was acquired
by the Navy and commissioned on 3 August 1917. Following World
War I service she was returned to her owner on 30 December 1918.
The boat at left appears to be USS Idylease (SP-119),
which served in the Fifth Naval District.
Note ice on the water.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 435 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100235
Elizabeth (American Motor Boat, 1916)
In port, possibly during her World War I era U.S. Navy service
as Elizabeth (SP-972). She was delivered to the Navy on
4 October 1917 and turned over to the War Department on 10 November
1919.
Astern is USS Idylease SP-119, which was built
in 1916, taken over by the Navy on 12 July 1917 and returned
to her owner on 30 April 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 475 pixels |
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