Photo #: NH 102635
Two U.S. Navy submarines and a bark under sail
Underway at sea in 1918. The original photograph identifies the
submarines as USS O-3 (Submarine # 64) and USS O-4
(Submarine # 65) and the sailing vessel as USS Robert H. McCurdy
(ID # 3157).
These three vessels operated together in Submarine Division Eight
in the fall of 1918, with Robert H. McCurdy serving as
a decoy to lure German U-Boats within torpedo range of the U.S.
subs. However, Robert H. McCurdy was a four-masted schooner,
not a bark as seen here. Since none of the other U.S. Navy decoy
ships had a bark rig, the sailing vessel in this view is probably
a merchantman.
Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
1990.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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