Photo #: NH 102199
USS Sea Otter (SP-781)
In port with many other Section Patrol craft, probably while
awaiting disposal in 1919.
USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) is in the right background. Second
boat inboard of Sea Otter is USS Patrol # 10 (SP-85).
Built in 1913 as a pleasure craft, Sea Otter was acquired
by the Navy for World War I service and placed in commission
on 11 June 1917. She was stricken on 7 November 1919 and sold
on 16 January 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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