Photo #: NH 104065
Elithro II (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, circa 1916-1917.
Built by the Luders Marine Construction Company of Stamford,
Connecticut, and owned by John Kelly Robinson of Rye, New York,
this pleasure boat was taken over by the Navy on 10 November
1917 and placed in commission on 26 December 1917 as USS Elithro
II (SP-15). She was returned to her owner on 18 December
1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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