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Photo # NH 96642:  Yacht Sultana at anchor, prior to World War I

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USS Sultana (SP-134), 1917-1919.
Previously the Civilian yacht Sultana (built 1889)

Sultana, a 390 gross ton steam yacht built at Erie Basin, New York, in 1889, was leased by the Navy in May 1917 and placed in commission as USS Sultana (SP-134). She transited the Atlantic to France in June 1917, arriving at Brest in early July after having rescued survivors of the torpedoed American ship Orleans. For the rest of World War I Sultana was employed on patrol and escort service along the French west coast. She returned to the United States by way of the Azores and Bermuda in December 1918. USS Sultana was stricken from the Navy list in February 1919 and returned to her owner.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Sultana (SP-134) and the civilian yacht Sultana.


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Photo #: NH 96642

Sultana
(American Steam Yacht, 1889)

At anchor, prior to her World War I Navy service.
Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York.
Note the large "YALE" flag and pennant flying from her mast peaks.
Sultana was delivered to the Navy on 4 May 1917 and commissioned on 27 May 1917 as USS Sultana (SP-134). She was returned to her owner on 17 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42428

USS Sultana (SP-134)


In drydock at Lorient, France, 30 June 1918.
Note the depth charges carried at her stern.
Built in 1889, the yacht Sultana was delivered to the Navy on 4 May 1917 and commissioned on 27 May 1917. Following World War I service she was returned to her owner on 17 February 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds another photograph of the steam yacht Sultana, taken at the same time as Photo # NH 96642 (seen above). This view is somewhat tighter on the bow than NH 96642, and is disfigured by a diagonal crack in its lower left center and by two holes punched at its top.
This print is mounted on the "SP" data card for Sultana (SP-134).


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


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