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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102255

Tarantula
(American Motor Yacht, 1912)

Dressed with flags, while in harbor prior to World War I.
She was acquired by the Navy on 25 April 1917 and became USS Tarantula (SP-124). On 28 October 1918 she was sunk in collision with the Dutch merchantman Frisia.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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3 November 2003