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Photo # NH 102163:  USS Riette in an icy harbor, circa 1917-19.

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USS Riette (SP-107), 1917-1919.
Previously the civilian motor boat Riette

USS Riette, a 60-foot section patrol boat, was built in 1916 at Morris Heights, New York, as a civilian pleasure craft. She was acquired by the Navy in May 1917 and placed in commission in early August. During World War I, and for some months after the Armistice, she served in Long Island Sound and elsewhere in the New York area. Decommissioned in August 1919, Riette was sold in October 1919. Her subsequent career in civilian yachting circles lasted until about 1958.

This page features all the views we have of USS Riette, and of her as a civilian pleasure craft.


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

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Photo #: NH 102162

Riette
(American motor boat, 1916)

Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service.
Formerly named Temegan II, this pleasure craft was commissioned on 25 August 1917 as USS Riette (SP-107). She was stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold on 30 October 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102163

USS Riette (SP-107)
)

In an icy harbor, circa 1917-1919.
Partially visible, at left, are USS Uncas (SP-689) and USS Perfecto (SP-86).

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 435 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds three other photographs of the motor boat Riette, all taken prior to her World War I Navy service. These include:

(1): Starboard bow surface view of the boat at anchor;
(2): Port broadside surface view of the boat underway at low speed; and
(3): Starboard bow (nearly bow-on) surface view of the boat at anchor.
These prints are mounted on the "SP" data card for USS Riette (SP-107).


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


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