Photo #: NH 102210
Shur (American Motor Boat, 1906)
Underway prior to World War I. This pleasure craft, owned by
F.W. Pollard of Boston, Massachusetts, was originally named Tyche.
She was acquired by the Navy on 11 June 1917 and commissioned
on 22 June 1917 as USS Shur (SP-782). She was stricken
on 18 September 1919 and sold on 4 December 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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