Photo #: NH 94479-A
USS De Grasse (ID # 1217)
In an icy harbor, circa 1918.
Built by George Lawley & Son Corporation of Neponset, Massachusetts,
for J.L. Redmond of New York City, this steam turbine powered
pleasure craft was ordered taken over for World War I service
on 7 June 1917, while she was under construction. She was placed
in commission when completed in about July 1918 and was returned
to her owner on 7 November 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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