Photo #: NH 102576
USS Yacona (SP-617)
At the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa December 1917,
painted in pattern camouflage.
Built in 1898 and previously named Cem and Amelia,
the steam yacht Yacona was acquired by the Navy on 29
September 1917 and commissioned on 10 December 1917. She was
transferred to the Government of the Philippines on 27 July 1921.
Yacht Isabel, then being prepared for service as USS Isabel
(SP-521), is on the other side of the pier from Yacona.
Steamers in the background are Aroostook (ID # 1256, formerly
S.S. Bunker Hill) and Massachusetts, which became
USS Shawmut (ID # 1255).
The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National
Archives.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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