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Photo # NH 46594:  USS Margaret leaving Bermuda for the Azores, November 1917

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USS Margaret (SP-527), 1917-1921.
Previously the civilian steam yacht Margaret (ex-Eugenia, ex-Marjorie, 1899)

USS Margaret, a 245 gross ton patrol vessel, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1899 by the firm of John Roach & Sons as a private steam yacht. Named Eugenia, Marjorie, and Margaret during the years prior to World War I, she was taken over by the Navy in August 1917 for overseas service in that conflict. Following conversion, the ship was placed in commission in mid-October 1917, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Frank Jack Fletcher, who would lead U.S. carrier task forces during critical phases of the next World War.

Early in November Margaret began a voyage to the European war zone, towing a French submarine chaser and accompanied by several other converted yachts. This trip, accompanied by many troubles, ended in the Azores early in December. Margaret's mechanical difficulties were apparently so serious that she remained in the Azores for several months, and perhaps for the rest of the war. She returned to the United States following the November 1918 Armistice and, some two years after being decommissioned, was sold at the end of September 1921.

This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS Margaret (SP-527) and the civilian steam yacht Margaret.

For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November-December 1917;
  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Officers and Crew; and
  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Views seen from the Ship while in the Azores, 1917-1918.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 99659

    Margaret
    (American Steam Yacht, 1899)

    At anchor off New York City, prior to World War I. This yacht was commissioned on 16 October 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-527). She was sold on 30 September 1921.
    Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46594

    USS Margaret
    (SP-527)

    Leaving Bermuda for the Azores in November 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46597

    USS Margaret
    (SP-527)

    Underway at Bermuda in November 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46595

    USS Margaret
    (SP-527)

    Upon arrival at Ponta Delgada, Azores in December 1917, after nineteen days' passage from Bermuda.
    Note the worn condition of her paint.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46596

    USS Margaret
    (SP-527)

    At Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46593

    USS Margaret
    (SP-527)

    Dressed with flags for George Washington's Birthday, while anchored off Horta, Fayal, Azores, on 22 February 1918. Mount Pico is in the distance.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)

    "Uncle Sam's Ships"

    Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.

    Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     

    For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November-December 1917;
  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Officers and Crew; and
  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Views seen from the Ship while in the Azores, 1917-1918.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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