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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Elithro II (American Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS Elithro II (SP-15) in 1917-1918
Elithro II, a 55-foot motor pleasure boat, was built
in 1916 by the Luders Marine Construction Company of Stamford,
Connecticut. Leased to the U.S. Navy for World War I service in
November 1917, she was placed in commission as USS Elithro
II (SP-15) in late December of that year. Following plane
guard duty at Rockaway Beach, Long Island, New York, she was returned
to her owner, John Kelly Robinson of Rye, New York in December
1918.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
motor boat Elithro II, which served as USS Elithro II
(SP-15) in 1917-1918.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101702
Elithro II (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, circa 1916-1917.
Photographed by Publisher's Photo Service, Stamford, Connecticut.
This pleasure craft served as USS Elithro II (SP-15) in
1917-1918.
Note that she has two small funnels abreast, with her SP number
on the one nearest the camera.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 104065
Elithro II (American Motor Boat, 1916)
Underway, circa 1916-1917.
Built by the Luders Marine Construction Company of Stamford,
Connecticut, and owned by John Kelly Robinson of Rye, New York,
this pleasure boat was taken over by the Navy on 10 November
1917 and placed in commission on 26 December 1917 as USS Elithro
II (SP-15). She was returned to her owner on 18 December
1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 475 pixels |
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