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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Adelante (Tug, ex-Yacht, 1883).
Previously named Utowana and Oneida.
Served as USS Adelante (SP-765) in 1918-1920
Adelante, a 142 gross ton tug (or tow boat), was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1883 as the iron steam yacht Utowana. Renamed Oneida, on 1 July 1893 she served as the scene of an operation to remove a cancerous growth from President Grover Cleveland's jaw, an event that was a closely-held secret at the time. The vessel was later converted to a tug and was renamed Adelante in about 1914. She was taken over by the Navy in August 1918, commissioned as USS Adelante (SP-765) in December and was employed during much of the first half of 1919 in setting up radio compass stations along the Maine coast. In April 1919, she was also used as a boarding boat, meeting vessels arriving off the port of Boston, Massachusetts. USS Adelante was decommissioned in August 1919 and sold in March 1920. During the next two decades she operated as a commercial tow boat out of New York, under the names John Gully (until 1924) and Salvager. The old ship was abandoned by the beginning of 1941.
This page features all our views of the tug Adelante, which had formerly been the yacht Utowana and Oneida and served as USS Adelante in 1918-1920.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 100588
Oneida (American Yacht, 1883)
Photographed prior to World War I. Originally named Utowana,
this yacht was renamed Adelante in about 1914 and converted
to a tug. She was acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918 and
later commissioned as USS Adelante (SP-765). She was stricken
on 27 September 1919 and sold on 25 March 1920.
Note the U.S. Yacht Ensign flying from her stern.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100571
Adelante (American Tug, ex-Yacht, 1883)
Photographed circa 1914-17, prior to her World War I naval service.
She had previously been the yacht Oneida, which was originally
named Utowana.
Acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918, she was later commissioned
as USS Adelante (SP-765). After the completion of her
Navy service, she was stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold
on 25 March 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100572
Adelante (American Tug, ex-Yacht, 1883)
In port circa 1914-17, prior to her World War I naval service.
She had previously been the yacht Oneida, which was originally
named Utowana.
Acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918, she was later commissioned
as USS Adelante (SP-765). She was stricken on 27 September
1919 and sold on 25 March 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100573
Adelante (American Tug, ex-Yacht, 1883)
In port circa 1914-17, prior to her World War I naval service.
She had previously been the yacht Oneida, which was originally
named Utowana.
Acquired by the Navy on 25 August 1918, she was later commissioned
as USS Adelante (SP-765). After the completion of her
Navy service, she was stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold
on 25 March 1920.
Note the towing fittings on her afterdeck.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 64KB; 425 x 765 pixels |
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