Photo #: NH 100883
Cossack (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, prior to World War I.
Acquired by the Navy on 21 April 1917, this fast (23 miles per
hour) pleasure craft was placed in commission as USS Cossack
(SP-695) on 1 May 1917. She was stricken from the list of Naval
vessels on 27 March 1919 and transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard
on 22 November of that year.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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