Photo #: NH 102501
Revolution (American Steam Yacht, 1901)
Underway, circa 1901.
An early "express" yacht equipped with a 1400 I.H.P.
triple-expansion engine and designed to make 18 knots, she was
renamed Wacondah in 1907. The Navy took her over on 24
May 1917 and placed her in commission on 14 September 1917 as
USS Wacondah (SP-238). She was stricken on 21 August 1919,
sold on 24 May 1920, and later renamed Intercolonial.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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