Photo #: NH 102150
USS Raazoo (SP-508)
In port during World War I.
Built in 1916 as a civilian pleasure craft and formerly named
Boomerang II, Raazoo was acquired by the Navy on
2 June 1917 and commissioned on 21 July 1917. Her assigned armament
of a single 1-pounder gun is visible here, mounted on her foredeck.
Raazoo was returned to her owner on 3 May 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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