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Photo # NH 102206:  USS Shada in harbor, circa 1917-1919

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USS Shada (SP-580), 1917-1919

Shada, a 96-foot motor boat, was built in 1908 at Neponset, Massachusetts, for use as a pleasure craft. She was loaned to the Navy in April 1917 and commissioned a month later as USS Shada (SP-580). Serving as a patrol craft, she operated along the New England coast from Boston to Maine during the First World War. Decommissioned in early December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, Shada was returned to her owner in April 1919.

This page features the only views we have related to USS Shada (SP-580).


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Photo #: NH 102206

USS Shada (SP-580)


In harbor, circa 1917-1919.
This motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 28 April 1917 and placed in commission on 22 May 1917. She was returned to her owner on 23 April 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 42KB; 740 x 470 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

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds one other photo of the motor boat Shada, taken on 3 May 1917 while she was being prepared for Navy service. The location is probably the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts.
This image was taken from off Shada's port quarter, with two men standing on a raft alongside, painting her hull. She is painted grey and has a gun mounted aft.
The original print is mounted on the "SP" data card for Shada (SP-580).


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


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