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 99426
Boy Scout (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, circa 1916-1917.
Photographed by George N. Harden, Rockland, Maine.
This fast (26.2 mph) craft was ordered delivered to the Navy
on 5 May 1917 and became USS Boy Scout (SP-53). She was
subsequently sent overseas for "aviation service".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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