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Photo #  NH 102155:  Motor boat Relief, possibly during her World War I Naval service


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Relief (American Motor Boat, 1910).
Served as USS Relief and YP-2 in 1917-1921

Relief, an motor boat built at Yarmouth, Maine, in 1910, was purchased for World War I Navy service with funds provided by the Bar Harbor, Maine, War Relief Committee. She was employed locally as a tender and remained in service after the conflict ended. In 1920 she was designated YP-2. Sold in June 1921, the boat was subsequently employed commercially and, after 1946, as a pleasure craft.

This page features our only view of the motor boat Relief, which was USS Relief (later YP-2) in 1917-1921.


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Photo #: NH 102155

Relief
(American motor boat, 1910)

Possibly photographed while in Navy service.
This craft was purchased for local use with funds raised by the Bar Harbor (Maine) War Relief Committee. She began Navy service on 13 June 1917 and was sold on 4 June 1921. Relief had no "SP" series number, but was designated YP-2 during the final year of her Navy career.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 


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