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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 90616-A

Akela
(American Steam Yacht, 1899)

Underway prior to World War I.
This yacht was acquired by the Navy on 24 December 1917 and commissioned on 16 April 1918 as USS Akela (SP-1793). She was returned to her owner on 19 May 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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24 November 2003