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Photo #  NH 101824:  Motor yacht Hopestill, circa 1916-17


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Hopestill (American Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS Hopestill (SP-191) in 1917-1919

Hopestill, an 83-ton motor boat, was built in 1916 at City Island, New York, for use as a pleasure craft. Acquired by the Navy in May 1917 and commissioned the following July as USS Hopestill (SP-191), she was employed as a Third Naval District harbor patrol craft and New York Naval Hospital medical transport boat during World War I and into 1919. Hopestill was sold to a private owner in September 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Hopestill and USS Hopestill (SP-191).


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Photo #: NH 101824

Hopestill
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1916)

Photographed circa 1916-17.
This craft served as USS Hopestill (SP-191) during 1917-19.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 500 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101798

Laura Reed
(U.S. auxiliary schooner, 1895)

Photographed circa 1917. She was chartered by the Navy in November 1917 and commissioned in December as USS Laura Reed (ID # 2009).
The bow of USS Hopestill (SP-191) is visible at left.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 40KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 


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Page made 10 April 2001
Text revised 31 August 2004