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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 102519
USS Wendy (SP-448)
Underway during the World War I era.
This former pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 1 July
1917 and placed in commission on 3 August. She was decommissioned
and returned to her owner on 9 December 1918.
Note Sailor manning her bow gun, a 1-pounder. Wendy's
stern weapon is a Colt machine gun. She is flying a 48-star Jack
on her starboard signal halliard.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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15 June 2004