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Photo # NH 102122:  USS Patrol # 8 underway during World War I

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USS Patrol # 8 (SP-56), 1917-1919.
Originally the civilian motor boat Patrol # 8 (1916)

Patrol # 8 was a 70.65-foot motor boat built at South Boston, Massachusetts, in 1916. She was leased by the Navy and commissioned as USS Patrol # 8 (SP-56) in May 1917. The craft was employed on patrol duties in southern New England waters for the rest of World War I and was returned to her owner in February 1919.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Patrol # 8 (SP-56) and the civilian motor boat Patrol # 8.


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Photo #: NH 102122

USS Patrol No. 8 (SP-56)


Underway during World War I.
Built in 1916 by Murray & Tregurtha, South Boston, Massachusetts, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 10 May 1917 and commissioned one day later. Following World War I service, she was returned to her owner on 18 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds one other view of the motor boat Patrol # 8, probably taken prior to her World War I Navy service. She is seen from off her port bow, underway, with a large numeral "8" on her stack. That number may indicate that the photo was taken while she was still in civilian hands, serving as part of the pre-World War I "Preparedness" movement.
This photograph is mounted on the "SP" data card for Patrol # 8 (SP-56).


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


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