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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Osprey II (SP-928), 1917-1918.
Originally the civilian pleasure boat Osprey II
The New York-built 80-foot motor boat Osprey II was
acquired by the Navy in August 1917 and placed in commission the
following November as USS Osprey II (SP-928). She performed
World War I patrol duty in the New York Harbor area, but was reported
in July 1918 as "having proved unsuitable". The craft
was returned to her owner in late December 1918.
This page features all the views we have of USS Osprey
II and of the civilian motor boat Osprey II.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101362
Osprey II (American Motor Boat)
Photographed prior to World War I.
This craft was acquired by the Navy on 10 August 1917 and commissioned
on 5 November 1917 as USS Osprey II (SP-928). She was
returned to her owner on 26 December 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102082
USS Osprey II (SP-928)
With other Section Patrol craft in an icy harbor, circa 1917-1918.
This motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 10 August 1917 and
commissioned on 5 November of that year. Found unsuitable for
Naval use in July 1918, she was returned to her owner on 26 December
1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 75650
Motor yachts and other pleasure craft
Refitting at New York for the 1919 yachting season in the spring
of that year. Many of these boats served as Navy section patrol
("SP") craft during World War I.
Identifiable boats appear to include Velocipede (ex-Navy
SP-1258), in the center, with bow toward camera, and Osprey
II (ex-Navy SP-928) at far right.
Halftone photographic reproduction published on the front cover
of "The Rudder" magazine, June 1919.
Courtesy of Robert F. Sumrall, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Page made 7 August 2002
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