Heather, a 58' 6" motor boat, was built at Greenport, Long Island, New York, in 1902 as a pleasure craft. Later renamed Sea Gull, she was taken over by the Navy in about June 1917 and commissioned as USS Sea Gull (SP-544). She served on patrol duty in the Delaware River and New Jersey coast area during the rest of World War I. Renamed SP-544 in April 1918, she was decommissioned in late November 1918 and later returned to her owner.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Sea Gull, USS SP-544 and the civilian motor boat Sea Gull.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical
Center holds another photograph of the motor boat Sea Gull,
taken prior to her Navy service. The view, a halftone reproduction,
was taken from off the boat's starboard side, while
she was underway. |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 31 August 2003