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Photo #  NH 94206:  Oyster boat Bivalve, photographed prior to World War I


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Bivalve (American Oyster Boat, 1901).
Served as USS Bivalve (ID # 2472) in 1918-1919

Bivalve, a 55-foot motor boat built in 1901, was employed in the Long Island Sound area for harvesting oysters. She was taken over by the Navy in April 1918, placed in service as Bivalve (ID # 2472), and used as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578). No longer needed as the Navy drew down its forces after World War I, Bivalve was sold in July 1919.

This page features our only views of the oyster boat Bivalve, which served in the U.S. Navy as Bivalve (ID # 2472) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 94206

Bivalve
(American Oyster Boat, 1901)

Photographed prior to World War I. She was USS Bivalve (# 2472) in 1918-1919, serving as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578) in the Third Naval District.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 500 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 95889

Bivalve
(American Oyster Boat, 1901)

In port, prior to World War I. Acquired by the Navy on 19 April 1918 and commissioned on 10 May 1918 as USS Bivalve (# 2472), she served as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578).
Bivalve was stricken on 7 July 1919 and sold on 19 July 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 505 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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