Photo #: NH 102007
Liberty # 3 (U.S. auxiliary schooner, 1896)
Probably photographed at about the time she was taken over for
Naval Service. She was acquired by the Navy and commissioned
on 20 September 1917 as USS Liberty # 3 (SP-1229). On
8 January 1919 she was returned to her owner, the Boston Pilots
Relief Society.
She was also referred to as Liberty and # 3 Pilot Boat.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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