Shad, a 43-foot motor pleasure boat built in 1907 at Neponset, Massachusetts, was purchased by the Navy in May 1917. Placed in commission later in that month as USS Shad (SP-551), she served on patrol duties in Boston Harbor for the rest of World War I and during the first months of the post-war era. Shad was stricken from the Navy list in August 1919 and sold in September of that year.
This page features the only views we have of USS Shad (SP-551).
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 one other photo of the motor boat Shad, taken
on 4 May 1917 at the same place as the view presented above,
presumably while she was being prepared for Navy service. |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 4 June 2003