Photo #: NH 102241
USS Stinger (SP-1252)
Backing away from dock, circa 1917.
Built in 1917 as Herreshoff 312, this steam
boat was designed and constructed as a patrol vessel. She was
commissioned on 11 December 1917, stricken on 14 May 1919 and
transferred to the War Department on 20 November 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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