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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 101701
USS Elfin (SP-965)
Photographed during World War I.
Built in 1911 by Britt Brothers as a pleasure craft, in 1917
Elfin was owned by Alfred W. Gibbs of Wayne, Pennsylvania.
She was leased by the Navy for World War I service and placed
in commission on 26 July 1917. Elfin was returned to her
owner on 22 November 1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Image posted 9 October 2006