Calumet, a 153 gross ton steam yacht, was built in 1903 by George Lawley & Sons at Boston, Massachusetts. In September 1917 she was leased to the Navy, which placed her in commission in December of that year as USS Calumet (SP-723). During the rest of World War I she performed patrol service and convoy escort duty in the vicinity of New York Harbor and along the U.S. East Coast. In January 1919, two months after the Armistice had stopped the fighting, USS Calumet was decommissioned and returned to her owner.
This page features the only view we have concerning the yacht Calumet, which was USS Calumet (SP-723) in 1917-1919.
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Calumet (SP-723). The following list features this image:
The image listed below is NOT in the
Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
USS Calumet (SP-723) in an East Coast harbor, circa 1917-1918. Port bow view, looking down on the ship from well above the level of her pilothouse top. A coastal ferry steamer and a torpedo boat are in the background. Calumet has "S P. 723" painted on her bow in relatively large figures. A substantial-looking enclosed pilot house has been built atop her superstructure, about midway between her foremast and her smokestack, and a gun is mounted on her main deck in front of her foremast. The ship's extreme bow and stern have been cropped out of this image.
Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 29 September 2004