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Photo # NH 102079:  USS Onward during World War I

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USS Onward (SP-311), 1917-1919.
Originally a steam yacht named Galatea, Ungava and Onward. Later named Thelma Phoebe.

USS Onward, a 157-ton patrol vessel, was built by Charles L. Seabury of Morris Heights, New York, in 1906 as the steam yacht Galatea. Later renamed Ungava and Onward, she was purchased by the Navy in August 1917 and placed in commission in September of that year. During the rest of World War I and in the early peacetime months that followed, she served as a patrol and boarding vessel in the vicinity of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay. In April 1919, Onward was transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. She was sold to a private owner in April 1921 and was renamed Thelma Phoebe two years later.

This page features the only views we have concerning the steam yacht Onward and USS Onward (SP-311).


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Photo #: NH 103552

Onward
(American Steam Yacht, 1906)

Photographed prior to World War I.
This yacht became USS Onward (SP-311) in 1917. Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1919, she was sold for private use in 1921 and, in 1923, was renamed Thelma Phoebe.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102079

USS Onward (SP-311)


Photographed during World War I.
Built in 1906 and previously named Galatea, then Ungava, this steam yacht was acquired by the Navy on 1 August 1917 and commissioned on 22 September 1917. She was transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey on 18 April 1919 and sold for private use on 23 April 1921. She was renamed Thelma Phoebe in 1923.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 


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Page made 25 July 2002
New image added 23 February 2006