Photo #: NH 102357
Virginia (American Motor Boat, 1910)
Underway, prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft, formerly named Paula, was purchased
by the Navy on 5 May 1917 and commissioned as USS Virginia
(SP-274). Renamed SP-274 in early 1918, she was stricken
on 12 August 1919. She was reported sunk at Detroit Dock on 18
March 1920 and was sold in sunken condition on 1 April 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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