Photo #: NH 102216
USS Sayona II (SP-1109)
In a Fifth Naval District port, circa 1917-1919.
The motor boat Sayona II, built in 1907, was acquired
by the Navy and commissioned on 3 August 1917. Following World
War I service she was returned to her owner on 30 December 1918.
The boat at left appears to be USS Idylease (SP-119),
which served in the Fifth Naval District.
Note ice on the water.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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