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Photo #  NH 105200:  Motor boat Somerset in port, circa 1917


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Somerset (Motor Boat, 1917).
Used by the U.S. Navy as Somerset (ID # 2162) in 1918

Somerset, a 55-foot motor boat, was built in 1917 by J.S. Muir at Oriole, Maryland. The Navy leased her in April 1918 and employed her for the rest of World War I on Chesapeake Bay section patrol duties as Somerset (ID # 2162). No longer required after the Armistice, the craft was returned to her owner, The Conservation Commission of Maryland, in late November 1918.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Somerset, which was used by the Navy as Somerset (ID # 2162) in 1918.


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Photo #: NH 105200

Somerset
(American Motor Boat, 1917)

In port, possibly on 27 December 1917 when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District.
This craft, owned by the Conservation Commission of Maryland, served in the U.S. Navy as Somerset (ID # 2162) in 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 375 pixels

 


The motor boat Somerset is partially visible in the background of the following view of another craft:

Photo #: NH 103633

Efco
(American Motor Boat, 1912)

In harbor, possibly on 15 March 1918 when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District. She was already in U.S. Navy service at that time. The small tug Somerset is between her and the wharf.
Owned by a Baltimore, Maryland, subsidiary of the North German Lloyd shipping company, this boat was USS Efco (ID # 2405) in 1918-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

 
Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 370 pixels

 


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