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Photo #: NH 79362

Gem
(American Steam Yacht, 1913)

Relatively fine-screen halftone reproduction of a photograph taken prior to World War I.
This yacht had served as USS Gem (SP-41) during World War I, primarily as a camouflage test ship assigned to the Submarine Defense Association.
Figure 29 of "The Science of Low Visibility and Deception as an Aid to the Defense of Vessels Against Attack by Submarines", by Lindell T. Bates, 1918. In 1974 the original volume was in Record Group 45 at the U.S. National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 12 March 2005