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Photo #  NH 100251:  Trawler Billow hauled out of the water, prior to her World War I Navy service


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Billow (American Trawler, 1912).
Served as USS Billow (ID # 1704) in 1918

Billow, a 248 gross ton steam-powered fishing trawler, was built in 1912 at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was chartered by the Navy in June 1918 and placed in commission late in that month as USS Billow (ID # 1704). For the rest of World War I she served in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, probably as a minesweeper. Billow was decommissioned at the end of November 1918 and returned to her owner.

This page features the only view we have concerning the trawler Billow, which was USS Billow (ID # 1704) in 1918.


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Photo #: NH 100251

Billow
(American Fishing Vessel, 1912)

Hauled out of the water, prior to her World War I Naval service. Note the "B" on her smokestack, representing her owner, the Bay State Fishing Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
This steam trawler was ordered delivered to the Navy on 13 June 1918 and placed in commission on 29 June as USS Billow (ID # 1704). She was returned to her owner on 30 November 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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