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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102026

Melville
(U.S. Tug, 1903)

Underway, prior to World War I.
She was acquired by the Navy on 29 April 1918 and commissioned on 30 July 1918 as USS Melville (SP-1078). On 3 August 1918 she lost her name and became USS SP-1078. The tug was returned to her owner on 6 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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29 January 2002