Photo #: NH 42430
USS Vedette (SP-163)
In dry dock at L'Orient, France, circa 1917-1918.
Built in 1899 under the name Virginia, the steam yacht
Vedette was leased by the Navy on 4 May 1917 and placed
in commission on the 28th of that month. On 4 February 1919,
following World War I service in the eastern Atlantic, she was
returned to her owner, Frederick W. Vanderbilt of New York City.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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