DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 42443
USS Sappho (SP-1427)
In port during World War I.
Built in 1886, the wooden ferry steamship Sappho was taken
over for First World War Navy service on 6 August 1918 and commissioned
on 20 August. She was returned to her owner on 19 February 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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