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Photo #  NH 83803:  Pilot boat California in port, prior to World War I


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California (Motor Boat, 1910).
Served as USS California (SP-647) and USS SP-647 in 1917-1918

California, a 58' 2" motor boat, was built in 1910 at San Francisco, California, for local employment as a pilot boat. She was taken over by the Navy in the spring of 1917 and placed in commission as USS California (SP-647). Later renamed SP-647, she served on Section Patrol duties for the rest of World War I and was returned to the San Francisco Bar Pilot's Association in November 1918.

This page features all the views we have concerning the motor boat California, which was later USS California (SP-647) and USS SP-647.


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Photo #: NH 83803

California
(American Motor Boat, 1910)

In port, probably at San Francisco, California, prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This pilot boat, owned by the San Francisco Bar Pilots' Association, was USS California (SP-647) and USS SP-647 in 1917-1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99532

California
(American Pilot Boat, 1910)

At San Francisco, California, circa 1916.
This craft served as USS California (SP-647) and USS SP-647 in 1917-1918.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum's Livingston Collection, San Francisco, California.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 


Additional Photographs: The San Francisco Maritime Museum, located in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, holds additional photographs of the pilot boat California in its Livingston Collection. Information on the museum, including details on using its extensive historical photography collections, can be found on the museum's WebSite, which can be readily accessed via standard Internet search engines.


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


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