DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 101397
Chipper (American Motor Boat, 1909)
Photographed prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 21 July 1917
and placed in commission three days later as USS Chipper
(SP-1049). She was returned to her owner on 24 March 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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