USS Pirate, a 42-foot motor patrol boat, was built in 1916 at Charleston, South Carolina, as a civilian pleasure craft. The Navy chartered her in September 1917 for World War I service along the Atlantic Coast. In late December 1918, several weeks after the Armistice ended the fighting, Pirate was returned to her owner.
This page features our only views of USS Pirate (SP-229) and of the civilian motor boat Pirate.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical
Center holds another view of the motor boat Pirate, taken before she entered Navy service. This photograph shows her from off
the starboard bow, underway in calm water. Her hull is painted white, with darker upperworks. |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 26 October 2002