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Photo # NH 102114:  USS Patrol # 1 in port during World War I

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USS Patrol # 1 (SP-45), 1917-1919.
Originally the civilian motor boat Patrol # 1 (1916)

Patrol # 1 was a 40-foot motor boat built at Lynn, Massachusetts in about 1916. She was one of several such craft built by civilian yachtsmen for prospective patrol service in connection with the national "Preparedness" movement. In May 1917 she was commissioned as USS Patrol # 1 (SP-45) and formally purchased later in that month. During World War I, and for some time after the Armistice, she was employed on patrol duties out of Key West, Florida. While awaiting sale, USS Patrol # 1 was destroyed by a hurricane that struck Key West on 11 September 1919.

This page features our only views of USS Patrol # 1 (SP-45).


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Photo #: NH 102114

USS Patrol No. 1 (SP-45)


Photographed in port, during World War I.
Built in 1916, the civilian motor boat Patrol No. 1 was acquired by the Navy for World War I service and commissioned on 4 May 1917. Stricken from the Navy list on 13 June 1919, she was destroyed by a hurricane at Key West, Florida, on 11 September 1919, before her sale was completed, and was stricken again on 4 October 1919.
Patrol No. 1 was one of five sisters (named Patrol No. 1 through Patrol No. 5) built by Britt Brothers, at Lynn, Massachusetts, as part of the civilian "Preparedness" movement that preceded United States involvement in World War I.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102115

USS Patrol No. 1 (SP-45)


Photographed in coastal waters, during World War I.
Built in 1916, the civilian motor boat Patrol No. 1 was acquired by the Navy for World War I service and commissioned on 4 May 1917. Stricken from the Navy list on 13 June 1919, she was destroyed by a hurricane at Key West, Florida, on 11 September 1919, before her sale was completed.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 43KB; 740 x 370 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102116

USS Patrol No. 1 (SP-45)


Photographed in coastal waters, during World War I.
Built in 1916, the civilian motor boat Patrol No. 1 was acquired by the Navy for World War I service and commissioned on 4 May 1917. Stricken from the Navy list on 13 June 1919, she was destroyed by a hurricane at Key West, Florida, on 11 September 1919, before her sale was completed.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 38KB; 740 x 425 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds one other view of the motor boat Patrol # 1, possibly taken prior to her World War I Navy service. She is seen from off her port quarter, underway, with the numeral "1" on her stack.
This photograph is mounted on the "SP" data card for Patrol # 1 (SP-45).


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


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