Photo #: NH 102565
Whirlwind (American Motor Yacht, 1909)
Underway prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy on 11 May 1917 and
commissioned on 26 June 1917 as USS Whirlwind (SP-221).
She was stricken from the Navy list on 24 April 1919 and sold
on 30 June 1919.
The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National
Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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