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Photo # NH 42436:  USS SP-544 (ex-Sea Gull) underway in port, 23 Nov. 1918

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USS Sea Gull (SP-544), 1917-1918.
Later renamed SP-544.
Originally the Civilian Motor Boat Heather and Sea Gull (1902)

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."

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Photo #: NH 102234

Sea Gull
(American Motor Boat, 1902)

Underway in harbor, prior to World War I.
Built at Greenport, Long Island, New York, and originally named Heather, this pleasure craft served as USS Sea Gull (SP-544) after about June 1917. Her name was changed to SP-544 in 1918, and she was returned to her owner following the end of World War I.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42436

USS SP-544
(ex-Sea Gull)

Underway in port, 23 November 1918.
Built in 1902 and initially named Heather, the motor boat Sea Gull was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 1 June 1917 and placed in commission as USS Sea Gull (SP-544). Her name was changed to SP-544 in 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42452

USS SC-71
and
USS SP-544 (ex-Sea Gull)

Tied up with another Section Patrol boat at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point, New Jersey, circa 1918.
Ship in the backround is a Coast Guard Cutter, probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane is taxiing by.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42453

USS SC-71
and
USS SP-544 (ex-Sea Gull)

Tied up with another Section Patrol boat at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point landing pier, New Jersey, circa 1918.
Ship in the backround is probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane is taxiing by.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42454

USS SC-71
and
USS SP-544 (ex-Sea Gull)

Tied up with another Section Patrol boat at the Cape May Naval Base, Sewells Point landing pier, New Jersey, circa 1918.
Ship in the backround is probably USCGC Morrill. A Curtiss HS-2L seaplane (Bureau # A1419) has just taken off in the middle distance.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 


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.
The original print is mounted on the "SP" data card for Sea Gull (SP-544).


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


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