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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